Gabriella S...
Kadena Middle School
Being a military kid has its ups and downs. On the bright side, moving around a lot helps kids become flexible and understanding, and it lets them experience different places and cultures. However, all that change can also make things feel a bit unstable, making it tough to form lasting friendships. So, while military life can be exciting, it also has its challenges. Some of the challenges of being a military child are having great friendships and getting orders to go someplace far away. It's tough to make long-distance friendships work. Another Reason why being a military child is challenging is that transferring to different schools can be tough. Nobody likes being the new kid at a new school, especially in the middle of the year. It's also pretty hard to adjust to different learning skills because some schools are on different levels. But those are some challenges there is also a lot of benefits to being a military child. When you're a military child you can go wherever in the world and learn many cultures try different foods and learn a new language. Being overseas and somewhere where they don't speak English can be encouraging and make you learn that language so that way you can understand the people where you are. At the end of the day being a military child is excellent and we are different from other kids so that means that if we're in military school we can understand each other since we're all military kids.