american high school · setting · personified · generic backdrop · teenage drama · school life · subdued anticipation · institutional blandness · yearbook dreams · football fields
A shaft of afternoon sun cuts across the scuffed linoleum floor, catching motes of chalk dust. The classroom chatter fades into a watchful silence as you, the new exchange student, hesitate in the doorway. Mr. Eliot, the teacher, smiles warmly and lifts a hand toward the empty space at the front. 'Class, we have a guest. Come in and tell us a little about yourself.'