AMANFOO LITTLE FOXES IIFor those of you who have already received the shocking emails which have brought one Ghanaian doctor a serious disgrace, you already know the magnitude of the situation. The emails have rocked not only Sofoline and the young Amanfoo and Adehyee in Ghana, it has actually caused a change in certain policies around some places. It has shown once again how cruel Africans -- even the well-educated -- can be. And it continues to circulate around the world. Those who went to the writer's business website and checked his photo with his happy smiles were shocked not only by his stupidity and wickedness, but also his elderliness. Those who received in their email boxes the photo of this wicked Amanfoo, who doesn't want young people to succeed, were equally shocked about how stupid a person can be about the power of internet technology. How could people be so barbaric? Step on the toes of the wrong person on the web and that could spell the end of one's reputation because the offended soul would spend all his life seeking revenge. Ei, what a grave miscalculation! So, education is not necessarily equal to intelligence? Does this evil man and his friends not know that we are aware of our enemies? Were they so stupid as not to know that my photo and email address that appears here may have actually been a trap set for them to fall into? Do they not know that we know any time they enter this website? Do they think we don't know it when they type their names into our search engines here? The contents of the emails, which you're all going to see very soon, together with photo of the person involved and responses of the young Amanfoo in Ghana, written in their own words, are so shocking and painful that it caused some of our people to shed tears. What could make a person turn so devilish? This is obviously a scandal that will not go away for for decades; it will always form a part of Prempeh history. It will always remain for the whole world to associate this evil doctor with the highest degree of human wickedness. I thought doctors were not supposed to speak ill of each other? When the Medical Association receives a copy of this email, what could happen to the prestige the writer once enjoyed? You will be reading more about this later, but now this:
"From the day that I met you girl.......the day that you spoke my name,..........."these are some of the lyrics of Mac Anthony, the musician or should I say, the singer. The first time that people meet their love ones, they jump with gleeful eyes, some get this thrilling feeling in their bones and others claim they can never fathom what happens to them. Probably, you did not feel anything the very day you set your eyes on your loved one, that is why you do not love her enough but there is one interesting thing and that is, there is a "feeling". This feeling could be "love", "lust" or the great old "infatuation". When you meet your lover for the first time, you make sure that you do not step on her toes or do I say, "his toes." I guess some ladies are reading, probably the Adeehyee or the GEYHEY gals. Ooops, where was I? Aha, new prefects have been elected into the college to continue with what the old ones did or didn't do. Very soon, they are going to be inducted into office and the trouble will start pouring forth like dew. During the campaign, I guess they made a lot of promises; promises to bring the school out of the doldrums of indiscipline and any other negative thing that could be found in students especially those on the campus of Prempeh College. Promises if well kept will see the college becoming the best in the world since Ghana has already being conquered and I hope Africa too. These are vibrant prefects and I have read what prempeh.org has wriiten about their first meeting with the headmaster. I will entreat them to continue like this and never quench the love, the zeal, the passion of prefectship. Like I said, the day that you meet your lover, your joy is full but as time goes on, there comes the boredom, the rantlings and the nagging. The positions handed to these prefects are their wives, their girlfriends or their fiancees. Just as they will treat their love ones with care, so should they rule the college with care and vigilance. They should check all those who are trying to bring the school's image into disrepute, root out all sorts of indiscipline and inculcate into the students the fear of the Lord since that is the surest beginning of wisdom as enshrined in the GOOD OLD BOOK (GOD), the Bible. Should Ithen say, we want to see a lot of improvement in the college, an administartion that cooperates so well with the masters but do not compromise with the masters on issues that affect students and also shirk all "un-leadership traits, behaviours or habits?" We are watching you, prefects. Let us see if you match the calibre of the Barimahs, the Miahs and the Gyabaahs not forgetting the Kusis. All the best and floreat. Oh, why the destruction of life. People usually say that, water is lfe but I bet to differ a little bit. Eventhough water is life, there is something that is life itself and that is breathe. Scientifically and if I ain't wrong agriculturally, trees help man get breath. This is because, when photosynthesis occur (no explanation since all TRUE Amanfoo know the meaning of it), one of the end products is OXYGEN.
Oxygen helps us to breath. Why then should the headmaster and his team be cutting down these trees that give us life and that make Prempeh College a conducive place to live. The students now claim that the weather is hot during prep hours and in the evenings as a result of the rampant felling of trees. Please, Mr. Headmaster, listen to the plea of the students since you were chosen to serve them rather than make them serve you. The Amanfoo little foxes will continue with the recent incidence of caning on campus and in our schools in Ghana. Watch out.
AMANFOO LITTLE FOXES??? - PART ITrue to that belief, the professor answered a question on the old students association. He said they are planning of having effectual, fervent meetings. His statement was welcome with a big up. Days after that or should I say months, the statement of the President has been a mirage. I wonder why of ten (10) posh cars you see in town, about seven (7) of them have the Amanfoo pendants in them. If all these people are products of Prempeh College, why the inability of the old boys Prez to organize meetings so that they can all come to raise mother Prempeh on high? Is the old students' association for a selected few or the Prez and his Veep? I must say frantically that, the Veep is in Ghana alright but how many Amanfoo know him or even see him? Do we also need a Prez who is so occupied with so many positions and activities such that he organizes no meetings? Yes, these are factors really causing the insurgence of the younger generation of Amanfoo who want to see the leaders or seniors hold the bull by the horn or pass the baton to them so they can finish up the race. According to the Prez, there shouldn't be class groupings of the association but that can't work since we see and hear nothing, not even in the newspapers of an Amanfoo meeting. Do we have a Secretary at all? What about a PRO? In my candid opinion, these people must vacate their posts and give way to people who can perform making the association one that two elephants can't separate. A word to the wise is enough.
Student Propaganda?Prempeh College's election can be termed as vigorous since the elections involve getting campaign managers, propagandists and proponents before one can win or even lose. The aspiring school prefects made so many promises using their propaganda machine and the campaign managers did a great job that won the hearts of many culminating in a landslide victory for the incumbent Senior Prefect. What happens after that? It is alleged that, the Senior Prefect failed to give the campaign managers and all those people who helped him win all the things he promised them. These people also decided to call him names in order to drag his reputation in the mud. Another school of thought on campus also says that what people are saying about the Senior Prefect is true. Will this cause the dethronement of the SP like what happened in 1999 to "OREKE?" If what people are saying about the Senior Prefect is true, he should then advise himself before it is too late. TO BE CONTINUED
MANNING THE MATTERSIt was later that I was made to know that it was the man who was to be my Senior Housemaster before I leave the school. He was dark-coloured, short and had a broad face that made him look like someone who was ready for war. This man was later introduced by Saddam as the "Squadron leader with the Field Marshal Belt" in terms of disciplining and putting the matters and affairs of students to order. Mr. Albert Obeng Odoom was the man with numerous nicknames such as "OWUO, UNCLE, DADDY, O-SQUARE, DEATH." Needless to say, the man preferred the O-square more than any of the names. I was then a Form One student and that was my second day on campus. Before my arrival, I had heard a lot about this man but had never seen his image. He was branded as an "enemy" by the current students and a "mentor" by the old boys. What a man! This man made my days at Prempeh both a hell and a safe haven. Hell in the sense that, he over-reacted to certain minor things and gave stringent punishments for that. Safe haven in the sense that, he shew a higher degree of diligence, discipline and commitment that smoked out all the bad nuts among us. Indeed. he was an ardent observer of his principles and statutes.Prempeh stood and still stands tall in terms of discipline and some credit goes to this man for that. No wonder, Prempeh is always adjudged the most disciplined school when we go for Inter-co and Super-zo at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. As nature has it a tree dies before it germinates, this man is out of the college now and there must be somebody to take his place. So many names have come out and masters are doing their possible best to locate their names in the good books of "to whom it may concern". With the inception of an Acting Senior Housemaster, discipline has been on its highest pedestal but with some "buts." Many people cherish the exuberance and tact with which Mr. Atiemo (popularly known as Bra Atia), the acting Senior Housemaster has kept this notable office. The question is "should Atia be handed over the post?" A section of the students say, Atia is too lenient and soft for the job while others say "new King, new laws "I must say that the position as a man of matters needs a strict person who commands respect in this age of evil. The exit of Owuo has seen a fall in the adherence of roll calls and I would like all the masters to rally behind the man behind the driving wheel. Compliments to all the students and masters for keeping the spirit of Amanfoo perfervid.
15TH POSITION IN RETROSPECT
The College Population:
The Teaching Staff:
Social Activities:
Day Students:
Indiscipline: What can I say again? I call upon all the stakeholders - Amanfoo, current students, would-be students, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff and above all the owner of the Ashanti Kingdom to remedy the situation found on the land of his FATHERS.
Finally, congratulations to our boys for making it at the 47th Independence Debate held between Amanfoo and the Odadees as well as the athletes for annexing the MILO TROPHY. To the Science and MATHS Quiz contestants, you have our support so make us proud.
ON THE RUNBefore I proceed, let's take this scenario....... During a 100m, 200m or 800m race, so many people who are not less than eight (8) participate. When they are about to start the race, the big mouths talk a lot about what they are going to do. Everyone has the zeal and tenacity of purpose to win and win convincingly. This is because no one goes into battle with the notion that he is going to join his ancestors. I bet you in matters of death, 99% of people on earth have got positive thoughts. If it were not so the soldiers would have stayed in the house and enjoyed with their wives. On the track, the people start stretching their muscles, necks and show their "heavy do" chest amidst so much verbal exchanges and even deathly threats. They are asked to get ready. On your marks, get set, go............ They then move with the speed of sound, light, thunder and anything you can think of. The supersonics take the lead and think that is all forgetting that, "if you go to the court first, it doesn't mean that you will win the case." It is very difficult to determine the outcome of the race until everything is over but you can predict the winner when they all get to the last lap. Some become tired, others faint and some even quit the race. Why? Because they couldn't stand the test of time. 55 years ago, Prempeh College crawled, walked and is now running. Are we on the run still? Do you believe that, we serve as precedence to schools like Mfantsipim, Achimota and PRESEC now? Count the number of their prominent old boys and that of ours. That tells the difference. These schools are taking a cue from everything that we do. Never forget, our Satanasi cowboys have started using badges and putting on trousers. Even as the college intends to fly on the occasion of its 55th birthday, it must be noted that, "every step on the ladder of greatness is a transit from one level of hardline to another." This is because the time for persecutions, atrocities, disgrace,frustrations set in. Are we going to overcome the storms? Within a decade, we have changed the headmaster twice (if my memories serve me right). Our cherished houses are in a deplorable state as the population rise every year. I wonder what kind of measures are being put in place to curb this attitude of the administration admitting nonchalant students and retaining non-performing students who will in the long run drag the image of the college in the mud. The common rooms of the first three houses: Ramseyer, Butler, Freeman have been turned into dormitories. Is there the need to get a new headmaster or is it that they old boys have to put their feet down to ensure the smooth move of the college. Could it be the fault of the Board of Governors in their quest to stop taking heads who are Amanfoo as it used to be? 55 years should see the end of all these "outragious" acts and incidence on the campus and administration of Prempeh College. I don't think there is any school in the country now that has produced prominent men like the Kings College. Don't the old boys see some degree of shyness as they sit down for a pristine administration to see to the affairs of the college in this technological world of ours? Do we now have the right teachers like in the days of Ben Kumah? Is it the fault of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches? I beg to ask them to see the catholic church for guidance if they seem to be so much particular about the spiritual matters and not the physical; a FALSE BALANCE over there. Can we see the likes of Sam Jonah coming to remedy the state of the houses? I guess we have responsible and able old boys more than the likes that we hear and see in other schools or someone should tell me that, ...........Sec. School's old student association is "stronger, united and powerful" than AMANFOO. If we want to fly this year to let the other schools walk behind us even as we are on the run, then it will take the strength of both of us. ON THE RUN....Prempeh will move from this stage into the flying stage where we belong like the eagle.
AMANFOO: GETTING STARTED?Instead they think only in terms of the next big promotion or the next raise or climbing the corporate ladder, but few ever stop to really look at where these goals are taking them. World-renown motivational speaker Zig Ziglar says that to define success, you should stand on the goal line of life and look into the end zone. What you want to see there sets the parameters for your definition of success. In other words, ask most people what they want from life, and they will say, "I want to be happy." That’s great, except for two things: they seldom know with any certainty what happiness actually means to them, and secondly, they never actually plan to be happy. Instead they fall into the when-I-get-over-there-then-I’ll-be-happy syndrome. If you look, you see these kinds of people every day—maybe even when you look in the mirror. "When I get that promotion, then I’ll be happy." "When the kids are back in school, and I can do this, then I’ll be happy." "When we get out of debt, then I’ll be happy." Problem is, it doesn’t work that way. If happiness is your goal; if having been happy is something you really want to see in the end zone of your life, then you have to start being happy today. Not tomorrow, not in a week, not when "X" happens—TODAY. So, how do you do this? First, you must seriously ask yourself, what makes you happy? What makes you feel alive and completely in touch with the essence of yourself? Maybe it’s hiking or skateboarding or baseball or running. Maybe it’s painting or music or writing or dance. Maybe it’s something as simple as taking a cup of tea out to the porch to watch a sunset. Immediately you say, "I don’t have time to do that stuff. I’m busy making a living. I don’t have enough time as it is." And then you wonder why you aren’t happy. If happiness is a goal you have, then you must schedule time every day to do something that makes you happy. As Annie Dillard, the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, said, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." The question to you then, is how are you spending your days? The reality is that what you have right now is exactly what will be in that end zone on your last day here. Is this what you want? If so, congratulations! If not, you can start right here, right now to make a new ending. Decide today what will be in your end zone, and then make the changes to get that in your life today. You deserve it, but don’t put it off. You don’t have a second to waste. Senior,how do you also define your success in life, may we know your views? Let us hear from you.
ON OUR MARKS...One particular thing that I will like to recall for all to remember is when the music of Xmas starts beating in our ears. Music of Bonney M, Kirk Franklin to mention but a few. The breeze on campus that is more likely to be compared to the winter in Greenland is unbearable since the school is established on a hill. Did I say the school? Very unfortunate on my part since I have been educating our Satan-asi cowboys to refer to us as "the College." Of course ours being the only college in the Ashanti Kingdom. The breeze as I was talking of is so intense that either your lips wrinkle or your face becomes "whitish" like the corpse of an Egyptian mummy. Bathing becomes terribly "impossicant" for the so-called Ga-based students since they know little about the Oseikrom weather and that is the time they worry the college nurse that much with all sorts of ailments. Boys, boys go to the classroom without any soap and water touching their smelly skin with the surety of bathing after class when the fog is out of the land. One important aspect of the ON YOUR MARKS show is when the college chaplain announces the much awaited carols night. Prempeh carols night, I reminisce those tunes sang by the college choir, the Gospel Singers, The Advent Voices, The PMSU choir and the solo duets and other stuff that come from the voices of the angels on campus. The guys are divided into two clothing folds: Form Three's are to put on cloth while the juniors put on O-Square's impeccable white-white attire. To grace the occasion, Amanfoo from Legon, KNUST, Cape Vars etc who are on break come for the carols night. After listening to the tunes, everybody pays particular attention to the announcements. The student chaplain then says; "Today is the last Sunday of the term" and the whole student body responds in unison by saying, "Thanks be to GOD." The students go agog since they are escaping the shadows of OWUO for at least a month forgetting that Owuo will still meet them at the school gate, the very day they re-open. Together we sing MHB 118, "Oh come all ye faithful...." En route to the dormitories and cubicles, students are found snapping and taking pictures. Do you feel nostalgic after reading this? Let us hear from you.
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The second school of thought also say that, "the standard of education has gone down
in the school". Regardless of how people see it, I personally believe that Prempeh could
have done better than what they did. I also believe that there are certain causes that
saw the college moving all the way to the 15th position and they are: