Caught at Jackson and Wabash. Jabril is his name.
“Where are you coming from? Job?
“yes, I work during the day and teach at Columbia at night.”
“Oh, so you are an artist??
“I guess you could say that. But I still have a day job. I think everyone has to do something creative. What’s your creative thing?”
“I have a Masters in Linguistics from Morocco. I came here for 9 years and started substitute teaching. I teach French so I didn’t get called that often. They only pay like uh 50 to 100 dollars a week.”