Writer Elizabeth M. Collins and I have a very similar insight into a military family’s life. “Constant moving. Difficulty making and keeping friends. Parents who may leave for months at a moment 's notice. Extra responsibilities. […] These are the hallmarks of life as a military "brat," […] But with these drawbacks come immense pride, patriotism, maturity and strength, along with a national and often global outlook” (Collins, 2009, Pg. 1). So in reality, growing up with this stressful life positively influenced my development. I learned hard lessons in life but in return gained courage, passion and unity with my community. Our textbook, explains that “As children move from the sensorimotor to the preoperational stage […] the most obvious change is an extraordinary increase in representational, or symbolic activity” (Berk, 2010, p. 175). Everything we did, from moving to attended ceremonies, became a symbolic representation in my …show more content…
Even the American educational system is extremely ineffective. Most sexual education, provided in school, focuses more on scaring children into abstinence rather than providing them with adequate information about various sexual choices. In middle school, I attended a government funded sexual education class, during which the only information I received were explicit pictures of distorted and infected genitals. I was only educated on what horrible things could happen, if I had sex. What I needed was a safe, reliable resources and open conversation, in order to make fully rational and well-thought out sexual life