I lived my early life in a much more rural setting than where I have spent the last ten years of my life. When I moved from a small horse farm in Culpeper to a much more urbanized/suburban area I lost some of my culture. I had somewhat of an accent from going to Culpeper public schools, which I quickly lost after we moved. I also had to relearn most of what I had learned in preschool through second grade because I had learned too much in certain subjects, and not enough in others. I also learned that in my new schools with larger student populations I could get away with more, and I learned where effort was required to get an “A”, and where it wasn’t. Overall, I just became a much more relaxed student, but I still retained the value that I held for manual labor and being self sufficient.