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Where the world goes to school: Photos capture “first day” for refugee students
OAKLAND, California — What am I going to do today? Who am I going to meet? Am I going to have the same friends in class as last year?
No matter where in the world they are, these are the questions on the minds of students as they begin school, including the students of Oakland International High School in Oakland, California.
Nearly all of the 350 students at Oakland International High School are immigrants and most are refugees from conflict areas somewhere in the world. So simple things — taking a quiz, trying out for soccer, or just finding a quiet place to have lunch — have more than simple meanings.
Student photographer Dominic Pablo (above), 16 and originally from Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Guatemala, captured the first days of school in this photo essay, part of our “First Day” package portraying the beginning of a new school year around the world.
“I felt scared and nervous on my first day of school because I did not know anyone and whether there was going to be someone who could help me,” he writes. “Our feelings on the first day of school are something that we cannot control because of all the questions we have in our minds.”
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