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Military Brat School Life
Whether you are a civilian or a Military Brat, everyone goes to school.
The big difference is that for most Military Brats, the schools are usually on post, and you move a lot and have the chance to go to many different schools, sometimes in different countries.
While many Military Brats adapt to moving and learn to leave their friends behind, the excitement and joy of moving to another base or post is overshadowed at first by the painful memories of the good times spent at the last school and the friends you may never see again.
Schools are the anchors in a nomadic life, and though teachers come and go, what we learn in school we keep for life.
Culture Shock
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- August 5, 2010
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While Military Brats do adapt to new schools, countries and cultures—they have to—it is a difficult process and hard to forget.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, ding.
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- December 2, 2009
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It's hard to imagine giving up precious summer mornings to sit in a classroom and learn to use a typewriter, but many of us did suffer through "aaa", "fff", "ggg" and more as we took our typing "basic training."
Libraries
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- June 2, 2009
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Choices
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- May 29, 2009
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When life revolves around conformity and obeying all the rules—all the time—what happens to those who try to buck the system on a military base?
The Big Streak of 1974
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- May 29, 2009
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"In the spring of 1974, while attending Frankfurt American High School, in Frankfurt, Germany, many students were introduced—or exposed—to a new cultural phenomenon called "streaking". I'm not sure if it was a protest against conformity, the Viet Nam war, or a combination of hormones, impending graduation stress and simply a temporary lapse of judgment teenagers are prone to—or all of the above."
