TCKs essay

STIMULUS: "SOME THIRD CULTURE KIDS HAVE NOTHING BEYOND THEIR PASSPORTS TO CONNECT THEM WITH THEIR HOME COUNTRY. TCKs LOSE AND GAIN FROM THE FACT THAT THEY GROW UP OUTSIDE THEIR PASSPORT COUNTRY

      When children do not belong to a single culture, they are often called third culture kids, because they belong to a third culture, which is the mixture of the ones they belong. So as they do not belong to any specific country, the only thing that connect them to it, are their passports.

   This is an advantage in the way they can see things in a more globalized way, seeing world issues from not only a point of view. This allows them to have an international mind opened to understand problems around the world, getting  more objective and less biased thoughts. Multilingual and adaptable kids, who can easily relate themselves with the world, in the future they could be the ideal citizen.

   But in a certain way, it could be a disadvantage because they feel like they don’t belong to a specific place. This means they do not have a clear sense of belonging, which is a very important feeling in every person because it is part of our identity. Who am i? A very difficult question to answer to these kids.

   So TCKs gain and lose at the same time due to their culture conditions. As they belong to more than a culture, they lose their sense of belonging but they get a globalized vision of the world.

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