School was not at all what I had expected. I walked into the schoolyard and watched the other children. A woman came out and rang the bell. Immediately all the children stopped and lined up in front of the door. I went over and joined the line. They walked silently into the school and put their bags on hooks. I found an empty hook and hung my lunch on it. Then a woman came over to me.

"You are new?" she asked, and I nodded. "You will be in my class."

The woman led me down to ...