Growing up when I was younger was fun and challenging. Being a military brat, I was always bouncing from place to place. My life as a child really changed when my father retired after serving 20 years in the Navy. At age 13, just entering adolescence, my father retired and we moved back to Memphis, TN, where I was originally born. [Did your father retire when he was 13? Please rephrase to avoid confusion] During this period of life [omit] it was very difficult because I had to go through school systems, different types of peers and a different environment that I was surrounded by. During this time I faced many challenges that have a lot to do with the person I am today. Work on your thesis – it should focus on your early experiences with literacy and everything should support it. I remember before my father retired from fifth through eighth grade [it sounds like your father retired from fifth through eighth grade, rewording] being stationed in Aviano, Italy, I went to a Department of Defense school. Attending a Department of Defense school was [a] nice experience with the school building being well built and even the interior of the school building was [omit] built with marble floors and walls[;] it was like something out of a Painting by Picasso. Teaching at school was also different because the teachers taught at a faster pace and there I kind of [omit] felt like I [omit] learned a little more. Now going to a public school from a Department of Defense school was like doing a complete 360 ​​degree turn and then stopping and feeling dizzy without knowing what's going on around you. Reformulation Teaching was slower mainly because teachers were constantly interrupted by classroom behavior. Because of this student behavior, teachers always had to stop what they were teaching to pay attention to whatever behavior was happening in the classroom. The school structure was nothing like when I went to DOD school. The facility was very poor and was very old and dirty. The windows we had at school were made of plastic and the school looked like a kind of prison. Reformulation Although attending this public school had its disadvantages, it also had its advantages. It seemed that teachers cared more about the students they taught.