First day of school jitters
No matter how old you are, the first day of school always comes with some anxieties. For my first day of Arabic class though, I wasn’t at all plagued with the usual first day jitters: Will I like my teacher? Will I be able to keep up with the other students? What if the other students don’t like me? What if the teacher calls on me and I don’t know the answer? No, I was concerned that my trek to school might kill me.
From my living room, I call the elevator. I can hear it climb the six floors until it stops at my door, the light from the elevator shining an eerie green glow into my home. I open the elevator door, which is also my living room door, step in, and ride it down to the lobby. The lobby is dark, illuminated only by the light outside the building, and the bases of the walls are lined with random bits of trash and dust. A little girl with dark, matted hair sits on the stairs waiting for something to happen.
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