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Final Feature story
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This is my final draft that will be featured in the magazine. “All my life I have been up to my eyeline in boxes. ” These are the words of 17 year old Jada Lewis, the Teenage Nomad. To some that may be dreadful but Lewis seems to think otherwise. Lewis can be described as an army brat. “The term ‘army brat’ is used to refer to military kids, it doesn’t bother me too bad”, Lewis says. Army brats tend to move multiple times during childhood and some may even travel across continents. “I was born in South Carolina! I was 5 months old when we moved from South Carolina to New Orleans, and I currently live in Atlanta.” “I’ve lived in South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Virginia, Hawaii, & now I’m currently in Atlanta, Georgia! So I’ve lived in 7 places in total.” Lewis first moved when she was less than a year old and she has finally stopped at the age of 17. When one experiences life through travel, they often fall in with one place they would l...
Feature Story Draft
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Below is a rough draft of my unfinished feature story: Being uprooted and constantly moving in the stage of adolescence can seriously harm the development of someone’s mental health and sociability. The term “army brat”, is a widely known phrase and it is used to describe the children of military families. These children are often subjected to not being able to settle down or feel secure in having a true “home”. It is often that military children are displeased with their situation and they hoped that they could stay in one place, but that is not the case for 17 year-old Jada Lewis who has lived in 7 places in total. When moving around at a young age, each place can be totally different, but one factor constantly remains the same. School. There is usually a concern for children at a young age when it comes to them trading schools, but that concern tends to grow much larger when each school is across state lines. Lewis, a senior in high school, gave some insight on what it's...