“The Sanctuary of School”, written by Lynda Barry, is a recollection of her childhood with parents and her elementary school experience. Barry’s story emphasizes the importance of public school education and teachers’ influence. Barry grows up in an impoverish family which lacks of parental love and attention. Her parents are used to ignoring Barry and her brother because they constantly quarrel about family’s economic constraints. Barry, as a seven-years-old girl, leaves home secretly in a very early morning in order to go to school. When Barry arrives at school, she successively meets school officers and teachers. Mrs. LeSane provides her a classroom to paint when Barry cried. As Barry finishes her drawing, she releases all of her pressure
