Commentary
February 17, 2022
A Matter of Fear
It was the first day of the school year. I was shaking in my boots. I was changing from Elementary school to Jr. High school. What would it be like? What would be expected of me? I was a normal adolescent with all of the insecurities that come with that change in life. Everything was new. Previously, I could walk down the street to school, but now I had to ride a bus. On the bus would be students, older students from both Jr. High and High School I had never met before.