Text-to-Self Connection

I realize that I have already made a connection to this book but I found another and I couldn't help but share it! I also can't believe I was able to connect to this book again since Si is so much different from me! This connection is a little different than my previous one though. Si was just starting out in the military and he was sent to Vietnam, he had just arrived and some of the soldiers gave him advice on how to survive. One of the most important things they said "was to make sure all of my personal belongings were locked down at all times because the Vietnamese loved to steal from Americans". I was a little amused by this because lately people have been steeling stuff from the girls locker room including phone cases, clothes bags and a lot of other stuff. People in the locker room have never locked up our stuff because we feel like we can trust everyone, but in reality you can't fully trust anyone because anyone can walk in the locker room while we are practice and take our stuff. I was just as shocked as Si was when he found out people will steal your stuff because I grew up learning the same this he did: that stealing was bad and against the law. Here is a little lesson you can learn from this: always lock up your stuff just it case because you can never trust everyone!!