By: Omar Ramadan I remember being eight years old and staring at the classroom door, my stomach a tight fist, wondering if today would be the day I finally raised my hand. I never did. The words would climb up my throat and dissolve, leaving me silent while other kids laughed and called out answers without a second thought. My teachers called me "shy." My relatives said I'd "grow out of it." But no one seemed to notice that I was drowning in a room full of air. If you're a pa