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Hi, I’m Tigerchu. I was doing research on the internet and stumbled across the words “Third Culture Kidsâ€

You know, I have a friend who is like this. She's the daughter of missionaries, and she lived in England for a year or two when she was younger (loved it and still considers it her second home). And she also lived for a time in a SouthEast Asia country (but I can't remember what it is), and would love to go back there and visit sometime! She told me that the country with the biggest impact was England. But the only really lasting effect was a fondness for certain odd British foods, and an inability to settle down for long periods of time- she would love to travel anywhere and everywhere, but wants a home base for when she's not travelling.

I've been to a British school for a year when I was 16 (don't know if I've mentioned that), and that gave me a love for the British (even though it was in France).

I studied there the last fall semester, and I miss it so much! ;.; Britian was an amazing place. I can understand why people love it so much.

I'm a one-culture kid. =(

Actually I'm a two-culture! But I also sometimes feel like a no-culture kid. XD

Depends on the day, I suppose.

Aww:(
What cultures did you grow up in MrSmartypants?

I'm the exact opposite of a Third Culture Kid too - I've always lived in the same house.

It is an interesting phenomenon though... thanks for writing that.

Tigerchu (post: 1415387) wrote:Aww:(
What cultures did you grow up in MrSmartypants?

I'm a Korean born and raised in America. So I have exposure to both of the cultures (as well as Korean-American culture). But I'm at the point where I don't feel like letting myself be defined by culture. It's too arbitrary to me to let it be part of who I am.

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1416229) wrote:I'm a Korean born and raised in America. So I have exposure to both of the cultures (as well as Korean-American culture). But I'm at the point where I feel like letting myself be defined by culture. It's too arbitrary to me to let it be part of who I am.

Those last two sentences seem contradictory...

Oh sorry. Haha. Let me edit that.

I found this site that seems to be an official groupie (as apposed to a scam) for Third Culture Kids. It's going through maintenance right now, but I thought I'd post it up here so it's available.

http://www.tckid.com/group/

I happen to be of one culture.



Being a cracker twi lek is hard. You mostly end up having to take dead end jobs with Hutts.

Jokes aside I'm Caucasion, 1/4 Danish, 3/4 other Europeans + some Native American.

I envy people who grow up in a lot of different cultures. They have a more varied life experience.

Interesting:)

Interesting... didn't know there was a general term for this other than "military brat" (which I am). ;D

Welcome to the thread, Nekomimi:)

Tigerchu - thanks for the interesting post.

I've only lived in two cultures (Hong Kong and Australia). However my ancestry is of northern China (and this has affected my family background), and there is a pretty marked difference between northern Chinese culture and Hong Kong culture. I suppose technically I may qualify for the TCK category.

Do you mind me asking what your ethnicity is? Just curious.

Thank you Sammyboy:)
As for ethnicity, I'm not sure what it is (even after googling it), but I'll try to answer your question:)

I was born in America. I am an American citizen. I think that's ethnicity.

Oh, Sammyboy, you are a Third Culture Kid:) The definition for a TCK is to have grown up (spent your developing years) in 2 or more cultures.

Ethnicity is your "race" for lack of a better term. Ethnicity is white, black, Asian, Native American, so on. "American" isn't an ethnicity because you can be white or black and still be an American (for that matter, this is why "African-American" is a silly term because it is entirely possible to be white and be an African-American).

Wow you have been all over, the closest I've come to even seeing a different country is when I went to Niagra Falls.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to post my ethnicity: I'm White.