Hello to you all!
I hope you are doing great! I am not doing bad at all! So exactly 10 years ago (25th May 2012), I officially graduated from Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast, Ghana having completed the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). That was a day I had been looking forward to for a while but when it finally came, it was rather emotional! Saying my final goodbyes to friends, classmates, teachers and juniors…
The truth is that Wesley Girls’ was a pain in the ass at different times; from mean seniors, wicked prefects, unecessary rules, hypocrisy, cliques and what have you but in all that I am certain it was training grounds for the world outside and hell yeah it was! I dreaded my first term in Form One as I could not stand so many people, the environment and the RULES! (omg! someone get me out of here!). I thought I could not survive! I still remember vividly how I cried when I saw the first meal I was supposed to have (Gari and Palmnut soup with fish)…Hmm!
One of things that I hated (yes I did!) was formation…ask any Gey Hey girl you know to tell you about it..OMG! Marching for hours in the hot sun, jogging down the drive, doing press ups et al all in the name of winning some silly contest. Was that even worth all the stress? And the fact that they make it seem like it is a DO OR DIE affair. Ei y3bl3 o! hmm! Anyway, for me, I really started to enjoy my time in Gey Hey after this formation thing (which was form 2, 1st term)…In summary, my form 1 was hell and will so not want to repeat it in this lifetime or the next (Is it the sprint to water the lawns after the siren goes off at 5am, or rushing to class after breakfast or break, or bathing quickly and then getting shito from the pantry within 7 minutes so as to make it to the D Hall for supper, NOPE!)
But the fact remains that my class made my stay in the school much better…A1 sisters. LMAO! Where were we not punished to work? We were a HANDFUL but regardless I loved my class like crazy. Despite the drama here and there (which is definitely expected in an ALL GIRLS class), I would not trade the 3 years we spent for anything. Our crazy teachers cannot be left behind, the ALMIGHTY Reggie Effah! (*inserts monstrous laughter*). I really do miss this woman…Ei Reggie with her ‘Chrife’ character…you dare not mess with her especially in her elements!
Last but not the least, the friends I made in Gey Hey are something else…they are friends for lifetime. Being a person who finds it hard to make friends, it really took a while to warm up to people before getting to know them better and even consider them as friends! And to each of these friends, there IS a special bond. Fortunately, I am still friends with all my friends from secondary school (well except one..lol) and for that I am very grateful. I am certain that they are friends for LIFE! Such that after 10 years of leaving school, I still consider them friends irrespective of the new ones I made afterwards. So today, I want to give them shoutouts! You guys contributed to making my time in school much better! In no particular order;
Sandra Atakora, Jessica Abiri, Elizabeth Osei, Aresi Orgle, Nana Ama Agyei, Nana Akua Assibey, Joan Appiah Yankson, Nana Yaa Bosompem, Natalie Cofie, Agyeiwaa Boakye Yiadom, Naa Teki Akuetteh, Felicia Owusu, Leila Lily Oheneba Danso, Ama Koomson, Barbara Aboagye including all Bellamy House sisters and of course my A1 classmates. Yall ROCK!
My fondest memory of Gey Hey is when we were made to go home earlier than usual because there was shortage of food (Form 1, 3rd term; circa July 2009) and the most terrible one will be when there was a false alarm that there will be earthquake as such we all had to move to the school field to pray…smh! (circa June 2010) Wasted about 2 hours of sleep praying for God knows what and then afterwards the day went on as normal. All this was influenced by those Kamkudonians and their noisy community radio centre or whatever it was (*rolls eyes*).
I could go and on and on because the memories are a LOT charley but Gey Hey was and is still Gey Hey! The scandals, breaking of rules, rumours, cliques among others but hey! you got to find a way to fit in, which I did eventually! And Oh I rep Bellamy House (Le Petit Paris)!
Hope you enjoyed my little rant..lol! See you soon with another interesting piece. Stay blessed and safe!
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