‘Say loudly, so I can hear i,” she said. Tried, but I could not, My lips were dry, perhaps sealed. I could not open my mouth, Then the teacher asked ‘me to write my name on the blackboard. I went up to the blackboard, lifted the white chalk and as T ‘was about to write, my mind went blank. I knew my name, I knew how to write it, but standing in front of so many boys and girls and the teacher made me ‘uncomfortable,