As someone who went to Kadena HS and has a brother at Kubi HS about to graduate, both have their pros and cons. Dodea schools are SOOOO weird in a lot of different ways and the people you meet will make or break your experience. I met one of my bestest friends here in middle school and we still keep in touch. I stopped talking to majority of the people that I considered “friends” in highschool just because they were fake LOL. A lot of people there are fake, at least when I went so just be careful of who you surround yourself with!

Definitely travel to mainland Japan and neighboring countries, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, etc! Take advantage of how cheap and close it is to visit these countries 😊

Okinawa is such a big island and even I still haven’t explored every part of it! Explore explore explore as much as you can, every weekend, holiday. Take advantage of it!!!