Deprivation In Afghanistan

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I start school today almost twenty years later
This is something I couldn't do back in Afghanistan
I am studying Culinary
Something I loved back in Afghanistan

The school is ginormous
But nothing to compare to the
252,072 square miles in Afghanistan

In class I sit quietly watching and waiting for the teacher
Other students around me talk and share stories laughing uncontrollably
While I sit here all alone

I am used to being alone as my family has passed I have learned to cope with the losses that I will never pass

The teacher finally comes out
Dressed in a all white apron
With a
Tall
Towering
Controlling hat

I do not like this and it reminds me of the Taliban controlling Afghanistan
I zone out and pay no attention

“Salaam class” she

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