Mr. Sallah, These rules are vintage Ann Therese Ndong! Her hand writing is all over this. Ask anyone who attended St. Peter's High School under her watch. I was the Deputy Head Boy down there in '85 when Fr. Vincent Coma appointed this woman the Acting Principal above the Heads of some very qualified members of the staff. See, there were several Teachers with college degrees, Therese Ndong doesn't have one. So, don't ask me why Fr. Coma did what he did. The Rev. Father who is a friend of mine (he actually gave me my first job just when I left the Sixth Form,) had previously sent Ndong to this US of A to study. She stayed two years, and went home with a child. I don't want to go into the details of that unless I have to. But the point is, the good Father still took Ndong under his wings, and gave her a chance. He later appointed her full Principal some time in '86, a job that became the launch pad for her present position. Yet despite this woman's own indiscipline, one couldn't snort without her launching into a tirade about how "indisciplined" students are. I'm speaking from first-hand experience. If I were in a lower grade when she took over, she'd probably have expelled me 'cause she used to call me "cocky" for protesting about things. She actually suspended me for leading a protest against a teacher who only comes to class to talk about how people in Ghana missed him. No joke. After about six weeks, I had enough, and told Mr. Yen-nyi (his real name) that we were not there to hear about his biography, but to learn. Of course the man was livid and asked me out. I refused and he headed for Ndong. She loved it, 'cause she already had daggers out for me. The previous week, I had organized a protest against the school's market sellers. Prices were going up in an inverse relation to the size of the foodstuff. Get the picture? So I had to bring my parent to be accepted back. To her credit though, St. Peter's overall grades really took off when she became established there. I'm not sure if that's the trade-off we're looking for. Because I'm dog tired, I'll quit here, but don't be surprised at all by any of these draconian rules coming out of Education. Ndong has one thing in common with Yaya Jammeh: they both believe in showing everyone who's in charge. Tyranny as you've never seen it. Just ask around. (BTW, I tried calling her office to tell her how sick I was about her comments that the govt. should be commended for the way they handled the protests. I couldn't get through. Maybe that's the best for the both of us, because each of us thinks the other is a nightmare. You're most welcome to ask her about any of these.) Good night. Saul. >I can't believe my eyes. This is outrageous. On top of >>as such would not have >>happened ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------