The student captain for the hundred level Sign Language class arranged for us to go to the Cape Coast School for the Deaf and Blind (CCSDB or ‘cape Deaf”) on 4^th April. This was quite an interesting trip. We had two very large University buses that were filled with my 100 hundred level students. We met on campus at 5:30 and waited until about 7:00 for the driver to arrive. Abdulai, the class captain, had also arranged for us to go to Cape Coast Castle and Kakum National Park to cross the canopy bridge.

When we arrived at the school, we were greeted by the head of the residence life. He spoke to us about the history of the school and took questions from the students. He then lead us around the campus pointing out the girl’s and boy’s dorms, the classrooms for the children with visual impairment, the ICT room, and the wood working room. We ended in the administration building with the Head master who also greeted us. Abduali had collected GH¢5 from each student. He gave the school a monetary donation and thanked the Head master for having u. We then loaded up on the buses and headed to Cape Coast Castle. When we arrived, we determined that we did not have enough money to do both the castle and the canopy bridge. We decided to go to Kakum.

Once we arrived at Kakum, all of the students had to get off of the buses. The buses went and parked. There was both an entry fee and a fee to walk on the canopy bridge. Abdulai and other students negotiated for us. The entry fee was GH¢2 and walking n the canopy bridge was GH¢8, which is amazing for me. The next time I went to the canopy bridge when my mother was visiting, the fee was GH¢50! Some students chose not to walk, because they were afraid of heights. Most of us “survived.”

We then headed back to campus. The day was long, but I was able to get to know some of those hundred students a little better, as well as to get to know them as a group.