Concrete Jungle

Migration

Prologue

Have you ever felt like you should be doing something different or be someone different? Well I have I mean every night when I'm lying in bed I think through all the possibilities that everyone would have if they just stepped out of their comfort zones, or all the things a person could do if they just tried out something. I think that could be me if I just changed a little bit.

It's amazing really the way I have remained in my comfort zone with all this big talk about being confident and different. When in reality I've never kissed a boy, never done anything spontaneously or done something daring. I've managed to stay in this bubble my whole life where no one can come in without me having a panic attack because I didn't decide it. I am always in control it seems but I want to change that and I decided that the moment I found out I was moving.

January 25 was the day my dad got a call from a man named Jerry Schooner in New York. He was a CEO of a company that helped students from foreign countries study in Canada and the United States. He was offered an opportunity of a lifetime, at least that's what he and my mom referred to it as. He was offered a position in the recruitment section of the company where he could travel to these countries and show the program to families, then recruiting them to study.

Sounded like a great job, right? Well it was until I was told our whole family would have to move to New York. That's not even the worst part I wouldn't miss our tiny town with a population of 10,000 where not one person really truly cared about me outside of my family. No, the worst part was I would be going to the best school in New York.

Now I know you're thinking what is so bad about the best school shouldn't you be happy. Well I was except for the fact that it was an all-boys boarding school until this next year and the only reason it wasn't an all-boys school was because of me. Yup that's right I, Kaneetah Eileen Curry, would be the only girl attending an all-boys boarding school.

A school where I would share a room with a boy, go to classes with only boys, and only play on guys sports teams. Also don't forget it's the best school in New York.

When I found this out I decided that next year I would step out of my comfort zone in the biggest way possible. By being who I've always said to be the confident, daring, fearless Kaneetah Curry.