Life of a Ghanaian schoolboy.

The weather’s so hot here.

During the early years of my life(11 years and everything below) I was constantly told that I was not good enough, mostly by my family.Now, was this a bad thing? Yes, very, it’s probably the reason behind my huge inferiority complex but that’s an article for another day.It got so bad that one day my favorite uncle(let’s just call him Uncle D for future reference) asked me this question “What at all is your talent?” and honestly, it broke my heart, sure, it made me a better person, but still, kids should be taught that it’s okay not to know stuff.

I decided that because I didn’t have this “talent” thing, that everyone who was good at something had, I was going to be the the smartest person ever.That was it, and in my country, if you’re a straight A student, you’re smart.I was a straight A student for a while and even in class 3, my school sent me to a restaurant and they gave me a certificate and everything, but, I stopped being a straight A student at class 3.The reason? Mainly because, my life was just beginning at class 3(I was 8 years old and started having weird feelings about girls),I had more than one friend and my dad got me a computer.

That day was the happiest day of my life and from that day forward Lawrence Logoh ceased to be a straight A student.My parents say it was because of video games(Age of Empires makes you smarter ), Uncle D said its because I didn’t study and to be honest, I didn’t really care at that point because I felt I had found my talent, and no it wasn’t gaming(God how I wish it was), there’s no name for it, I was just good with tech.

After all this I felt I was on my way to becoming the smartest person and I was right but guess what? Ghanaian society (Including my whole family) did not agree with me, all because I did not make a lot of A’s.

Fast forward to my Jhs years, I liked girls a lot(I’m still a virgin mom),so you know I did the usual stuff everyone does with girls at that age(you feel me?).I felt was a horrible student, my family thought I was a horrible student, my teachers said otherwise and I proved my teachers right.

When I wrote the BECE(Basic Education Certificate Examination) I got a score of 10 which is ok, the highest score is an 06 and worst is 54(I think from 32 upwards you won’t get into SHS).My parents wanted me to be great but since my childhood, like everyone else I hated school and still do.

Something different happened in SHS though, I was sent to a boarding school(which is normal in Ghana) and a lot of interesting things happened there.Just imagine, a guy who’s interested in writing, computers, anime and video games thrown into the depressing, effin’ mosh pit called SHS with a bunch of other guys who’s only interests are football and anything else that seems “macho”.I was scared, humiliated, bullied, had my stuff stolen, had my money stolen, had my money taken, had money extorted from me, forced to go to church, among other stuff and that was just in first year.

Good stuff happened in first year too, I was made president of an IT club(My first real achievement), I broke up with my girlfriend and I made actual friends and met a lot of nice, weird and interesting people.That’s the point I felt, I was growing as a person, at first any kind of advice anyone I admired gave to me I took it but I realize that all they really are is people they’re not perfect and when it comes down to it, the only one I can really trust is myself. So, I started saying no and I started to question everything, from God, to the education system, to who really wrote Death Note(great anime, check it out), to would I really want a girlfriend with a big butt and I started seeing the whole world in a new perspective(new doors were open and all that good stuff).

Now, I’m in my final year and I’m about to write the WASSCE(West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination) which is required for University. I have mixed feelings about it but I do want to pass it and go to university, not because I want a degree(I do) but because I want to meet nice, interesting, weird people and also because Uncle D said I’ll meet girls that challenge me intellectually in University(I like smart girls). All smart and remotely interesting females in SHS claim they’re not ready for relationships and stuff(parents, right?) so I’m left with the shallow party girls who I’m definitely not gonna go out with but hey, you never know.

I’m not happy with the way everything happened but if I had the chance to change it, I wouldn’t because I believe that every mistake and mishap I have gone through is what made me who I am today and, I’m kinda liking who I am right now.