Hi Helen! I'm a complete newbie at this forum thing - but always glad to have new friends. I think it's wonderful that you're "famous" enough for the school to ask for your story. Clearly you know what you're doing, have you been writing long? I've been writing short stories for a couple years, never quite felt like they were "right", if you know what I mean. But this had encouraged me to take another look and keep going, maybe I'm doing better than I thought!
Guess I need to browse around, and see what you guys do here, always feel a bit shy about jumping in where people have known each other for years.
Sherri