Monday, April 11, 2005

Another Day At School

The students had just run for eight minutes in the hot sun before we ran to the field to play softball. I am pitching and the team catches a fly ball - the third out. As I tell the other team to take the field I notice a Korean girl sprawled out on the bench. Her eyes are closed and she is not moving. “Hey, what is wrong with her?” I shout. “Ummm, I think she is sick,” another Korean girl shouts. I drop my glove and run over to the girl and raise her up. She is unconscious. I pinch her cheek and call her name. Shit! Nothing happens. I quickly check for a pulse and get a strong heartbeat. I run to get some water and poor some over her head…. still nothing. Another student offers me his bottle of water and I douse it on her head…her eyes start to flutter. I quickly call the nurse on my hand phone…no answer. I now have 25 students hovering around me. I select a brother of a student I have had before and tell him that he is in charge while I take the girl to the nurse…poor bastard. I pick the girl up and carry her from the field to the gym. She is now starting to gain consciousness and I feel as if I may faint from carrying her. I finally get her into an air conditioned office, get her to lie down, raise her feet, and call the nurse. Where is the water...

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