third culture kids
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You know you’re a TCK when:
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You can swear convincingly in 5 different languages.
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To everyone’s confusion, your accent can change depending on to whom you are speaking.
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And you often slip foreign slang into your English by mistake, which makes you unintelligible to
most people.
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You’re really good at calculating time differences, because you have to do it every time you call your parents or watch a match.
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You start getting birthday wishes several hours before your birthday, from your friends
further east than you.
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Your passport looks like it’s been through hell and back.
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You have a love-hate relationship with the question “Where are you from?”
You have both a short and long answer ready, and you pick one depending on who’s asking.
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You get nervous whenever a form needs you to enter a “permanent address.”
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You know that McDonald’s and KFC taste drastically different from country to country.
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You’ve spent an absurd and probably unhealthy amount of time on airplanes.
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Your list of friends’ nationalities reads like an Olympic event competitors’ list.• UK• USA• Bahrain• Australia• Pakistan• Ireland• India• Palestine• Germany• Peru• Sudan• S Africa• Iran• UAE• Russia• Sweden• Ukraine• N Zealand• Kenya• Nigeria• Thailand• Indonesa• Lebanon
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You’ve had the most rigorous sensitivity training of all: real life.Eg You always take your shoes off in a Thai household, but never show the soles of your feet to an Arab.
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You’re a food snob because you’ve sampled the best and most authentic of
every possible cuisine.
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You convert any price to two different currencies before making significant purchases.
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You often find yourself singing along to songs in languages you don’t speak or understand.
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The end of the school year was always bittersweet because so many
people moved away.
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But the constant flow of new friends more than made up for it.