Ever since I was two years old, when my father joined the military, we’ve been moving around to different military bases. We were stationary in some places longer than others, but never really settled down permanently. I was use to the moving routine, of packing my room up, going to a new school, and restarting everything over. The longest time I have stayed in one city was seven years, and that was Goldsboro, North Carolina. A city surrounded by other major cities that people love to go to, shop around,and explore. There wasn’t to many exciting things going in the small city of Goldsboro, compared to the surrounding cities. My family would have to drive miles to get to a decent mall,and they only had one common food lion ( grocery store) in the area near by. It was time to see new scenery and moving day was coming up right around the corner.
I was mentally preparing my mind to face change, and consider thinking on the brighter side of the situation. I’ve been the new kid before, but this time I wasn’t moving to another high school; I was moving to another state. The fear of becoming an outsider was becoming my reality. This was new to …show more content…
Luckily, my mom took me to most places leisurely, and then I eventually received a car to drive around in. Speaking of driving around, how come traffic is awful during certain times of the day in the city? Back at home traffic rarely existed , in fact, when driving I wouldn’t see another car for miles at a time. I had to make major time management adjustments, in order to make it to any appointments on time . I felt like an outsider because I didn’t know how to maneuver through the traffic. The driver education course taught in North Carolina was slightly different than how it is in Virginia. For example, in N.C. I would place my hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel; in Virginia it’s 8 and