Taka
Zukeran Elementary School
Hi, my name is Taka. I am a military child, and I am 10 years old. I was born in Okinawa. I’m going to tell you about my life as a military child. I was born in Okinawa so that means I’m part Japanese. My Dad is a Master sergeant. I moved to Michigan from Okinawa. My Dad stayed in the military for 24 years. I went to Michigan when I was 5 years old. I stayed in Michigan until I was 8 years old. And then I went back to Okinawa. The bad thing about Michigan is that I couldn’t understand anyone because I was speaking Japanese but by the time I was in 1st grade I was finally able to speak English, and I was able to understand everyone. Then when I got back to Okinawa I started on base schools. The challenges I faced as a military child is that I had to leave my best friends from one place to another. And my advice is that you should try really hard to learn things so that you can get better.