Chapter 2: The Restlessness Of The Big City
The second chapter of the book New Teacher — a true story about my arrival in the big city as a teacher. I stumbled through the apartment door, breathless and still drenched. My blonde hair clung to my face like a wet veil, the white blouse still semi-transparent and sticking to my skin, revealing the delicate patterns of my black lace bra. I dropped my bag to the floor, where it landed with a soft thud on the wooden boards, and sank into a chair, burying my face in my hands. The day had been a disaster—the rain, the wrong b...