This I believe

                                                          What are my beliefs?

          During my early childhood, each time an adult gave me money to divide it between my little brother and myself, I would divide the money by tearing it up literally into two and giving the other half to my junior brother. As always, he would eventually complain about having the lesser half and I would respond by giving him a bit more of my half. This always made my mother upset but she understood how innocent and naive we were at that age. The reason why I gave this particular example above is that its moments such as the one mentioned above helped shape my belief.

          I believe in sharing and caring for humanity, family, and the less fortunate of society. I believe in accommodating older and younger ‘annoying’ siblings and their constant nagging for more. I quite remember my mom always mentioning ‘for the sake of peace, always accommodate family, friends and even your enemies if the opportunity arises’. By learning to care for my younger brother and accommodating his needs, it helped shape my belief of caring and accommodating the people most important in my life. By realizing the patience and the love my mom showed each time we acted this way, it instilled the seed of patience and love in my heart. She could have easily reached for the whip and spanked the melanin off our skins but each time she just smiled and explained to us the right way of sharing the money given to us. My believe is that sometimes people act differently and away from what we consider normal because like young Tobias they are just naive  innocent and not privy to information or whatever the need may be. It is during these times that I believe that as a society we must learn to care, accommodate, love their differences and teach them when the need arises.
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                                                       BOTI MATTERS TO ME

 Boti falls  which serves as a place for tourist attraction has a high altitude and thin air as you begin to ascend the top of the hills where as the spring water that flows at the top could be used to quench ones thirst. With the cool breeze and the rustling of leaves to cool of the body from sweat during the walking trail and the umbrella rock which provides shade for relaxation makes it an ideal place to visit. Therefore my place matters because all over the world tourism is known to have been a promoter of major foreign exchange earner for a lot of nations. Although Ghana does not place much emphasis to gain maximum benefit to the nation from this industry the site has great scenery and a great atmosphere which each and everyone should experience and this is why boti matters to you and me. 

                      
   THE NEED FOR CRUISING

 Nothing is more fun when you are cruising in a car that runs good getting you to a point where you feel the need for speed. I’ve driven a few cars from ford escort, ford contour, Chrysler, Volvo and just to name a few. They say you are what you wear but the car makes the man. For instance, my 1999 Nissan Maxima does not even come close to others cars on the road as far as cruising is concerned. Yet, I am still content with the little cruising my maxima offers, because it gives me confidence whenever I am on the road. 

Mirage of the future

                                                           
                                                               Mirage of Life

Growing up as a kid planes really fascinated me and wanted to become a pilot but due to an incident it changed my perspective. The point came where naming planes came naturally and even knew the times they flew and passed by my house and even knew to the minute, the second when one off my family members were travelling and even coming. The incident that chanced my perspective was a plane crash but besides that there are other things in mind for my future and that is one day I dream of becoming a media mogul both here and in Ghana.  

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Tobias Essuah-Mensah

AMST 100

Dr. Nicole King

09/01/2012

                                                            Home Sweet Home

             There is no single way to define home. Since our individual experiences and cultural differences shape our way of thinking and views, the definition of the word “home” might differ from person to person. In my view, “home” is a place where the weather is about ninety degrees throughout the year. Mostly the weather there is a tropical but occasionally varies with respect to seasons and elevation. A place where there is a stress free life with a well relaxed mind, body and soul. For me this place is called Ghana in the western part of Africa and although Columbia, Maryland is part of my home too I prefer Ghana more due to the fact that I grew up there all my life and attended school there.

            Ghana is a place where there is political stability and lack of religious and tribal conflicts. Though Christianity dominates but there is an unflinching peace between Christians and other religious affiliations.