College Admissions Essay: Moving Away From Home

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In the second grade, children usually how to read more fluently, write stories, add or subtract two digit numbers, or about the metamorphosis of a caterpillar, not learning that there’s a chance of your dad dying if he’s deployed to the Middle East. From a very young age, military children learn that parents aren’t forever. This isn’t the only problem military children face growing up moving from city to city constantly. Despite all the obstacles we face with our unique upbringing, it benefits us by allowing us to be exposed to many cultures, and traditions which turns us into admirable people just like our parents who serve this country. At eight years old, I realized the danger my dad was facing shortly after he was first deployed. I was terrified for my father, crying myself to sleep for months and only slept on his side of the bed the entire deployment. Although, I’m older and have experienced three deployments with my family, the subject of deployment is still very sensitive. Deployment is a vulnerable period in the family and the soldier, there were times where I knew nothing of my father, and we’d constantly checked the lists of soldiers killed in …show more content…

Although, I had no choice to live this lifestyle, if I had a choice I would of chosen it anyway. I believe if my dad wasn’t in the army my life would be completely different, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. Being a military child has affected me positively, despite the hardship that comes with it. From a young age, I was exposed to so many things giving me an advantage over my peers how haven’t. I feel as though, I’m more aware of the world and its problems and very compelled to fix situations, more fearless when it comes to abstract scenes, more malleable and think more realistically. I believe being a military child has changed me into the person I am today. If I wasn’t raised as one I believe I wouldn’t be who I am today I’d be the

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