Ivory Coast :: School

• Since Monday February 28th we haven't been going to school, and we won't for this whole week. Due to political/security uncertainty. The country for months now has been going through a lot, i personally feel that it's about time Ivorians decide to do something about this whole situation. At the same time I'm thinking about how we can't go to school, and how  every time we miss school our vacation date in June keeps on changing. Also what I've realized lately that personally i can't do anything about this situation it's up to the Ivorians together and the political parties to get together to make a decision for the country. I hope we start school sooner rather than later .  

Different Blogs

I went through different blogs the other day, I found some interesting, the first couple of ones i saw were related to music, the others were family related.

I really liked the ones on music, the authors of the blog would list the music genres or would give samples of the songs they liked . The one blog i found a little boring was on a family and their pictures they posted, i felt they weren't communicating a bunch of stuff.

Apart from that the rest of the blogs were nice. 

Cry The Beloved Country

As I've said we have started reading << Cry The Beloved Country >> . It's a story that shows the difference between the white's lifestyle in South Africa and the blacks. 

The pastor Steven Kumalo receives a letter from Johannesburg saying that his sister is sick. He then decides to go into the city to find her, once there he get's tricked by a little boy who says will go buy his bus ticket but ends up runing away with the money. He finds his sister who is not actually sick but is doing drugs and has one son. Kumalo puts her and her son at the house he is staying at, and he leaves one day with a friend to go find his lost son. Kumalo first stops at his brother's store, they talk for a while . After hours of searching they can't find him, they end up returning with no luck.

I like the book so far, I find it interesting . The words are not too difficult to understand and the story is captivating.

" Cry The Beloved Country "

During the week in our English class, the book we are starting to read is : " Cry the Beloved Country ".  I read the introduction and the foreword. The book was written by Alan Paton. Even though the story takes place in South Africa, it was actually not written in South Africa but almost literally all over the world. The book got it's title because several times it was repeated throughout the book. I haven't started reading the first chapter but i can't wait, it seems interesting.