preface to mr. park

I went to Naperville Central High School. At the high school, I met a Mr. Park. Obviously, I didn’t refer to him as Mr. Park. He was the same age as me, so it doesn’t make sense to refer to your friends by their last name.

I have long since lost touch with him. I don’t know where he is. But the book Mr. Park is not an expose. It’s not even really about him. It’s about me. So I will write this book with fictional flourish so that this book is not an autobiography of Mr. Park, but what it is, is an acknowledgment of my experiences in high school, and the imagination of what my experiences could have been if I had entered High School knowing everything that I know now.

Let me quickly close this preface by giving you the background to this story.

Mr. Park is entering High School. He’s Korean. He is a good basketball player, but he is short. He doesn’t play for the team. His first name is Yung. And now, we start the story and with him; where we will also end the story. Introducing Yung Park.