Shirley is 18 years old, one of four children, and a member of the freshman class in high school. She is pursuing a course in Home Economics. When her parents divorced some seven years ago, little Shirley was forced to live with her auntie because her single mother could not care for her and her siblings. When her auntie’s small trade went bad under the harsh economic realities Ghana is going through, Shirley has to suffer the embarrassment and burden of constantly being asked to leave school because she cannot pay tuition and school fees. This is not good news for any studious mind. Shirley hopes to go the nursing school after she finishes high school so she can care for the aged and infirmed of society.