TCK problems - cultursmag https://www.cultursmag.com Transform from cultural outlier to original. Thu, 14 May 2015 03:12:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.cultursmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Globe_B-100x100.png TCK problems - cultursmag https://www.cultursmag.com 32 32 Culture Shock: The Land of Plenty, or The Land of Grossly Too Much? https://www.cultursmag.com/culture-shock-the-land-of-plenty-or-the-land-of-grossly-too-much/ Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:59:56 +0000 http://cultursmag.com/?p=8893 Culture shock sucks, especially because you never see it coming. There are things that you expect, like not knowing the latest music fad or who’s dating whom in Hollywood. But culture shock isn’t about petty ignorance of pop culture; it’s about the little day-to-day experiences that completely derail you. My first experience with culture shock […]

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]]> I am not an Army B.R.A.T. – A TCK Story https://www.cultursmag.com/i-am-not-an-army-b-r-a-t-a-tck-story/ https://www.cultursmag.com/i-am-not-an-army-b-r-a-t-a-tck-story/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2015 06:31:22 +0000 http://cultursmag.com/?p=8827 Catching up with Katie Piner is always a privilege. I have known Katie for ten years, we met in Cairo, Egypt where we both went to the American school, and graduated beneath the Giza Pyramids.   Katie is a Third Culture Kid who has lived in six countries and three states (United States). Katie is […]

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]]> https://www.cultursmag.com/i-am-not-an-army-b-r-a-t-a-tck-story/feed/ 6 The TCK Language: Miscommunication Builds Barriers https://www.cultursmag.com/time-sensitive-the-tck-language-miscommunication-builds-barriers/ https://www.cultursmag.com/time-sensitive-the-tck-language-miscommunication-builds-barriers/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:45:06 +0000 http://cultursmag.com/?p=7744 It’s hard to contribute your perspective when sometimes your perspective can sound to others like bragging. We’ve all been there, standing with a group of people who are talking, wanting to contribute, but feeling that if we do they might think we’re privileged snobs. We’ve learned not to talk because we’ve had that first experience […]

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