Why 20th Century Diversity doesn’t fit 21st Century Citizens
I have come across something quite troubling in the many training activities surrounding diversity. In these activities I am required…
Kathak: An ‘Indian’ Dance
As global nomads we all know that people change as they interact with new cultures around them, merging and morphing…
International Marriage Equality Part III
Crossing borders is difficult. TCK’s cross borders all the time, cultural, national and political borders. But there are also boarders…
Code Switch or Chameleon? Communication Collides
Code switching is most often used in language and multilingual conversations. But I have found that while I do code…
International Marriage Equality Part II
In the first part of this three part series I discussed the general state of marriage equality around the world….
Culture Shock: The Land of Plenty, or The Land of Grossly Too Much?
Culture shock sucks, especially because you never see it coming. There are things that you expect, like not knowing the…
International Marriage Equality
Marriage equality is becoming more widespread around the world. There are now eighteen countries where same sex marriage has become…
Expatriates and Pioneers: We aren’t so different
I remember when my family first moved overseas, I was six years old and we had been posted in Malaysia….
Pets are TCKs Too
I never realized it before, but last week when my family dog Ringgit died, I realized that she was as…
The Benefits of Boarding School Abroad: The Road Home
Most would agree that getting to experience life in India while having the Himalayas as your backyard sounds like something…
