Ever since I found out about my ‘terminal uniquess syndrome’ (a term I also just found out about and will cling on to til the day I die!) I’ve been analyzing the decisions I’ve made in my life since my culture switch took place when I was 15. Like Wendy wrote in her blog, it […]
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I’m slightly different than the majority of stories I’ve read in this community. Most are global experiences. I’m a domestic TCK within Canada so my patriotic ties are indisputable. I attended 9 schools–in some cases, moving from one side of a city to another or one side of the country to another–before I graduated high […]
Many images are evoked when someone mentions the word “lifeâ€. Mine has been one of constant change. I have placed my temporary roots over the stretch of three continents, lived in almost thirty different houses and visited even more countries while travelling or backpacking. It is safe to say that I have not known the […]
…that I am a Third Culture Kid. I’m fascinated by this, and also a little relieved that there is actually a term for someone like me! I’ve gone through many stages of feeling out of place and foreign, both in America and in the Netherlands, and have always figured it was something in my own […]
Well, you more than likely will not appreciate this website or understand what all the fuss is about unless you have moved country at some time. Maybe just for a few months every 4 years or you may not even remember coming to the country you now live in but all the same you will […]
For most TCKs, their passport countries and people from passport countries are few of the things that gives us the hardest time as TCKs Well, the reason is that we expect more from our passport countries and/or people from passport countries and it goes the same way for people from our passport countries to us […]
I am currently living in the US, which is the country I was born in, carry a passport of, and generally strive to be alien of. As a TCK who went through some issues relating to living here the first time I came back, quite often all I can think about is getting out. The […]
This is a story about an American man living in Japan. He has lived in Japan for 2 years, and his Japanese has improved tremendously since he has first arrived. One day his wife baked an apple pie and asked him to take the pie for women’s bible study at their church. He eagerly agreed […]
A few months ago at work we had a department meeting. In it, our managers were pressuring us about performance, as occurs anywhere. To illustrate, one of them drew up on the board a participatory exercise in which we apparently showed ourselves unable to think outside the box. As bad an indicator as I personally […]
Greetings, For those who may remember from TCKID’s old days, I am Uncle Dan. I had some interesting times providing advice to those who asked about anything in life. It started to feel uncomfortable though, as questions became far more searching, serious, and deserving of a professional voice. Nevertheless, I always have thoughts to write […]