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There Are Plenty Of Perks That Come With Being A Child

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There are plenty of perks that come with being a child with a parent in the military. You get military discounts at stores, you get to meet very important people, like Michelle Obama, and you get to travel the world. I have only had the opportunity to live in Virginia, Main, New Hampshire, Washington, Texas, New York, Nebraska, and now currently in Connecticut. On top of that, moving around a lot allows you to travel around, therefore I have been to 48 out of the 50 states, I am just missing Hawaii and Alaska. Moving around has been a great experience for me as well as my family because we learn about a lot of new cultures and places and we get to experience more than other families. Moving is like a mini vacation because you have to learn …show more content…

Once I started Kindergarten I still lived in Virginia. Throughout all of elementary school, middle school, and my first year of college, I moved around 7 times, to different parts of the United States. I noticed that places called various things differently than what I know known from the previous state. However, it never bothered me when I did not know what someone was talking about. I would just brush it off and learn the new way to call it, or the way the stated liked to call it. Once I was in my second year of high school, I lived in Nebraska. I lived there for three years and I became accustom to they way they spoke, especially since this was the longest I had ever lived somewhere. I loved Nebraska, and I did not want to move. However, my senior year of high school my father received orders to Connecticut and I decided to move with them. I later decide to move back to Nebraska after my second year of college. Moving to Connecticut made me realize how different I was because of the way I spoke. Not only the word choices I made, but the speed of the way I talk and my accent. All of the words I chose to use were because of the Midwest. I have been made fun of or degraded many times because of the words I chose. For example, I used the word “tennis shoes” because I was used to saying that in the Midwest. But in Connecticut they use the word “sneakers.” Since I use the word tennis shoes, I would go into a store in Connecticut and ask

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