Prairie Meadows Scholarship Research Paper

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I am a child who is from a military family, who has dreamed of working with the Department of Defense (DOD) schools overseas, and I have been told to never give up on my dreams. Attending college to become a school psychologist has been a dream of mine. Receiving this scholarship would help me pursue my career with helping other military children cope with their parent or parents being deployed. Working as a school psychologist, I can personally relate to the emotions and struggles the kids are going through more than most people because I have been in their position. With the help of the Prairie Meadows Scholarship my dream of helping military children will come true.
My life as a military child has been an adventure due to; moving from place

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