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My friend’s father immigrated from China to San Francisco when he was 18. When he came to the USA, he spoke no English. Soon he got his first job at Chinese grocery store in China town. Knowing his language barrier, his boss taught him a simple English expression, “I don’t know. Ask him.” His boss […]

At Dinner table, a man was talking with his wife. His aunt was recently fired from her job. Their 3 year-old son overheard their conversation. He said to his father, “She was fired? You have to call firefighter, daddy.” His father tried his best to explain what happened to his aunt. Not understanding what his […]

Hi guys, I finally managed to make the RSS feed of my blog into this page (had to go on Firefox to do this, because this site doesn’t work in Opera!). From now on, I won’t write in this box anymore. Just check on the left <— to see my latest posts. Anything you’d like […]

I’m currently looking for an answer to that question! I have written a blog post about it here: http://mairabay.multiply.com/journal/item/388/more_incidents If you have anything that can help (general tips, or just relate to how I feel), DO SHARE!!!!!!!!!!

My name is Suzy (just a nickname/English name though) and I am at third year at UC Santa Barbara My major is at Global Studies. I also minor in History I grew up in South Korea, Bangladesh, and the U.S. For South Korea, I stayed there for half of my life, but most of my […]

Hi all, I just want to let you know that I’m not conducting any research here on My.TCKID. Perhaps you read my now deleted blog post “An ethical concern” where I asked permission to research. I got a respond to it and respectfully given a ‘no’ and helped on my way in my research elsewhere, […]

Once said by the Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen: “To move, to breath, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote: to travel is to live.” – H. C. Andersen, anno 18-something He was the one who wrote The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid and […]

I really like this site!!!!!!!!!! Kudos for Brice, once again! I wish I could RSS my blog here, though. If anyone wants to check it out: http://mairabay.multiply.com/journal (I’m going through a sort of a rough time right now, I could really use some “I know how you feel” comments)

Well, this is my proposal, I am suggesting that we at TCKid compile firstly a small booklet, pamphlet or something similar that is downloadable as a pdf for TCK’s initially. We expand this further on for Teachers, agencies, companies, parents etc talking about TCK issues and helping children adjust. We could eventually cover a variety […]

My family watched the LOTR movies over our Christmas holiday, and it got me thinking. So many things that Tolkien wrote (whether or not they are included in the movies) resonate with me, as a person, as a Christian, and as a TCK – and I absolutely love reading the Hobbit and the Lord of […]