TCK Poetry: Segregation
In this wallet, two lives sit together.
Year: 2011
I’m a TCK and I work for a Social Enterprise Startup
“I’ve been so fortunate to see so many different opportunities and have those be a reality if I wanted them,” said Emily Chong, a service officer for Catchafire, a company that matches professions with non-profits. “But what that causes is stasis from too many options, so not ever knowing if I’m ever in the right space.”
Detective Work
Nancy Drew never solved a mystery by googling it, let’s keep the TCK identity mysterious.
I’m a TCK Making a Documentary on Bollywood
“I always consider that there are other realities than the one that I immediately see in any given situation, and I try to communicate those different perspectives in my films,” documentary filmmaker Ruchika Muchhala said.
Lost in Translation
Five of Erica Haldi’s favorite “unfortunate English” signs from Dresden, Germany, where she used to spend her days, and Seoul, South Korea, where she currently lives.
Teaching Sophie Her Cultural Heritage
It has always been clear to me that my children should feel proud of the cultures they were born into. In Sophie’s case, it’s living in Norway with a French-Salvadorian mother and a Norwegian father.
I’m a TCK and a Global Slacker
Megan Root, 28, and her partner, Eoin Flinn, are Global Slackers, having traveled to 30 countries over 464 days on just $26,023.
Why My TCK Student Group Failed
“I’m giving it 10 more minutes. Then these cookies are mine,” I thought to myself. I leaned back in my chair at the student center, desperately resisting the urge to eat the giant plate of cookies I had ordered. I was hoping that, within the next 10 minutes, someone would show up and have some of them.
A TCK is Still Human
A syndrome of the global nomad lifestyle, “international introversion” is a gradual, chilling indifference to your peers. Put more simply, you lose the depth in your connection to friends because of the never-ending transitions.
Made in Hong Kong
I am half-Chinese, half-German and have never been anything else. It never occurred to me that this would be an issue to other Chinese.
Denizen 