Critical Analysis on:“The Canker of Indiscipline”

In “The Canker of Indiscipline” author Kofi Ofosu-Boateng writes a very compelling two-page article on the lack of discipline in his nation, and its affect on the nation’s moral and ethical structure. Boateng puts blame everywhere, from teachers and parents to pastors and politicians. He voices his opinion very strongly, and mentions several times throughout the article how much indiscipline has taken over his nation, arguing ways to resolve it. He writes that once the individual person begins to take responsibility of their lack of personal, cultural and even religious discipline, their country and its leaders would succeed.
When I came upon this article, I learned it was written on May 10, 2002 and published over the Africa News Service (AllAfrica.com). Later, after researching the author, I discovered my article was only a portion of Boateng’s original argument. The original was written May 2, 2002 and published in “The Ghanaian Chronicle”, an online Ghana newspap...