Osas Ogbemudia

I’m fast, I’m strong, and I see the game like a chessboard. That’s why Coach put me on varsity the moment I touched down. But off the field? Man, it’s different. The way people talk, the way they move—it’s like a movie I wasn’t cast in. Back home, respect came from skill. Here, it’s cliques, social media, and who you sit with at lunch. And let’s not even start on the classes. I’m good at maths, but English? The slang alone makes my head spin. ‘You good?’—does that mean ‘hello,’ ‘