A Better Person
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A Better Person
It makes a better person out of you. You learn to respect
people, you learn to take orders, you . . . I have a son that
joined the Forces and he's changed the way that I changed.
Because I was spoiled. And I learned so much from being in the
army. It was the three best years of my life. And I would
recommend it to any young people. I don't know if it's changed
much today, my son said, he's been in for over 30 years, and he
said "It's not the same mom as it was when I joined. It's
different." But I would recommend to any young person. I grew up
as the only girl, I was spoiled. When I joined there I wasn't
spoiled, I had to fend for myself, and . . .
Interviewer: Was that difficult?
Pardon me?
Interviewer: Was that difficult?
It was, it was. And I wasn't . . . when I needed something I had
to work for it. When I . . . before I joined, it made me a
better person to go out into the world. Much better.
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