Hi, my name is Kamilah and this fall I moved away from home.

Now I live in a lovely little house with lots of plants, photographs, no television, a rubber chicken in a bikini, my friend Jordan and sometimes the dog David Bowie. Theres a big garden in the back, and a lawn in the front, and school is only a 20 minute walk away. I’m here for several reasons: I wanted to take Calculus, I needed to take Physics, I wanted to experience a bigger high school and I needed a change. However, I’m learning so much more than math and science. I’m learning how to sauté onions, how fast dishes pile up, how sweet garden carrots are cooked in soup, how to audition for plays, how to print photos and how to take care of myself, even if it means missing out sometimes.

I did, however, already know that onions make you cry.