By Suzanne Plopper | Program manager
Three students at the Lycee Modern de l’Amitie (middle/secondary school for girls) have shared with us their reflections about school life, what they perceive as inappropriate assertiveness, pre-occupation with cell phones and academic challenges, and their reactions: the need to respect teachers, to not use cell phones when riding one’s bicycle in traffic and above all, the need to study hard.
Two of the students (Fanta and Balguissa) are in their next to final year of secondary school and hope to study medicine and serve their communities as physicians. They are concerned about their grades and vow to work hard to merit entry into medical school following graduation from secondary school.
As I read their stories, these students are not so different from US students in their determination to reach their goals and in their reactions to certain adolescent behaviors that they see around them. Their challenges are many, however, including especially daily subsistence needs and access to up-to-date and accurate information to help them complete their studies and prepare themselves for a university education.
We are proud to support school lunches for these mature young women who are academically focused and determined to be of service to their country upon completion of their studies.
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