The highly romanticized life of being a military child includes: surprise homecomings, living in faraway, exotic places, fantastically cheap prices at the Exchange, and having extensive knowledge on weapons. Even though the Exchange and the Commissary are much cheaper than the other stores around where I live, I definitely did not receive the life of hardcore training on hand to hand combat by my father like Lois Lane, nor have I ever lived overseas; however being a military child has given me a copious amount of opportunities that I never would have received without my father’s decision serve his country his senior year. Without the proper title of a military kid I wouldn’t have the self-reliance I currently have, learned the importance and
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One, because the answer of “everywhere” isn’t specific enough for the majority of the population, and two, because if I did, by chance, tell them some of the places I’ve lived I would receive a look that consists of confusion and annoyance because they probably didn’t care that much anyway. Although I never fully managed to master the art of small talk, being a child that’s always on the move I have learned the importance of diversity. While there are some people in this world that believe that living in the same city their entire lives is the best way to live. Even though I often envy the idea of having a set of friends that have been in my class since kindergarten and not being in the awkward period where the only person I know in the town is my brother, the idea of not being confined in one spot for my entire life sounds unenticing. By moving to new places with new people every so often I have often encountered different challenges and situations. Whether it be at a school with no cliques or a school where the cliques could rival the cliques in Mean Girls, or a town with something to do every night or a town where everyone’s lights were out by 9 pm on a Friday, I always had to learn to adapt to the environment. Those situations varied from learning how to fit into a town where the cliques were established in the 1400s to attending my high schools rodeo, may not seem hard at first, but when you’re the only girl without cowboy boots it is. By being given the chance to meet thousands off people from different backgrounds, different personalities, and different beliefs, my life has been enriched in ways it never would have if I had stayed in Monterey, California
One, because the answer of “everywhere” isn’t specific enough for the majority of the population, and two, because if I did, by chance, tell them some of the places I’ve lived I would receive a look that consists of confusion and annoyance because they probably didn’t care that much anyway. Although I never fully managed to master the art of small talk, being a child that’s always on the move I have learned the importance of diversity. While there are some people in this world that believe that living in the same city their entire lives is the best way to live. Even though I often envy the idea of having a set of friends that have been in my class since kindergarten and not being in the awkward period where the only person I know in the town is my brother, the idea of not being confined in one spot for my entire life sounds unenticing. By moving to new places with new people every so often I have often encountered different challenges and situations. Whether it be at a school with no cliques or a school where the cliques could rival the cliques in Mean Girls, or a town with something to do every night or a town where everyone’s lights were out by 9 pm on a Friday, I always had to learn to adapt to the environment. Those situations varied from learning how to fit into a town where the cliques were established in the 1400s to attending my high schools rodeo, may not seem hard at first, but when you’re the only girl without cowboy boots it is. By being given the chance to meet thousands off people from different backgrounds, different personalities, and different beliefs, my life has been enriched in ways it never would have if I had stayed in Monterey, California