My First Experience of Asking Permission for Holding Workshop

It has been quite some time since I have started working for this Mass Literacy Movement . No matter how big or small my dream is, everything would have to come across some kind of obstacles. Sometimes I wish people would read what is in my mind and think the same way. But unfortunately it is not possible. Going from school to school in this scorching heat was indeed some experience.My first encounter- Prepatory Girls School and after turning back from two gates, I at last was able to locate the right gate to enter. It was my first experience of doing something like that and even the simple act of entering a school can be so cumbersome sometime. There was the guard, the moment I stepped inside, pestering me with all sorts of questions about my motives and my intentions. And there I went for five minutes telling him what I was up to. Alas at last he did let me in and that too after having a glimpse of the letter I have brought along with me. I went upstairs to the third floor as he had told me with high hopes and the logo of the envelope on the outside for people to see my intentions. I waited and I waited and still there was no clue for me to get inside. I see the minute hand going by, I hear the bell to mark an end to one period and then another one.But still there was no clue. I thought of going home once but then thought I should finish what I have come for even if it takes me the whole day. Rather than being frustrated by the whole situation where I have put myself I started to observe and notice the details this new place has within itself, just like Mersault in The Stranger. Time did pass well, and at long last I was called inside. I was worried about what to tell and what to do. I handed down the letter to the principal and started introducing myself. The rest of what I told seemed to have been erased from my memory but I do remember the long pauses between my speeches. After some thought and some discussion, the headmaster decides to hold the workshop after Eid. It was quite frustrating for me as I have spend so much time waiting outside to get the permission. Exams and education do have preferences than the social services I am willing to tell the students. 2 hours would not have definitely be of any harm to their studies! I went on arguing within myself but on the bright side at least I got the permission and it would mean some new faces to join the movement and help make it even bigger. And for that I think I can wait for that.