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Go someplace new! Pros Feed the inner nomad Experience new cultures Grow a language Embrace the international identity Cons Often a new system of education Potential loss of personal identity Feelings of helplessness can make this move difficult Return “home” and reacclimatize Pros Chance to reconnect with home culture and learn what it means to be from a certain country Reconnect with family Far more schooling options Challenge of new school environment Community opportunities Cons Sense of not belonging Ill-equipped to deal with transitions on own Superiority/inferiority complex Can be far from parents Often not recognized as international by university Questions?? Third Culture Kids There was no funeral. No flowers. No ceremony. No one had died. No weeping or wailing. Just in my heart. I can’t… But I did anyway, And nobody knew I couldn’t. I don’t want to… But nobody else said they didn’t. So I put down my panic and picked up my luggage and got on the plane. There was no funeral. --”Mock Funeral” by Alex Graham James Definition of ‘Third Culture Kid’ “A Third Culture Kid (TCK) is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ culture. The TCK builds relationships to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Although elements from each culture are assimilated into the TCK’s life experience, the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar background.” (Pollock and Van Reken, 1999) Examples of TCK’s Traditional TCK’s—Children who move into another culture with parents due to a parent’s career choice Bi/multi-cultural/and/or bi/multi-racial children—Children born to parents from at least two cultures or races Children of immigrants—Children whose parents have made a permanent move to a new country where they were not originally citizens Children of refugees—Children whose parents are living outside their original country or place due to unchosen circumstances such as war,