In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph.
It is my first time inside a city school. Signs on the doors tell me to sign in at the main office, but the there are no directions to the main office. I ask a girl walking by; she points down a hallway to my left. As I walk I notice the floors are old; some of the tiles cracked and dirty. In the main office the principal, to whom I have spoken on the phone but never seen, rushes past me just as I explain to someone behind the desk that I have an appointment with her
