About: Nicholas

Name:Nicholas
2008-06-24 03:33:00
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Born: Portland, OR, USA Moved to Tokyo at age 4 and went to Japanese day care till I was 7 to learn japanese... After 10 years of living in Tokyo, we moved to Maryland, USA due to the stock crash of 98...where I attended high school After high school, i had to get as far away from Maryland as possible, meaning moving to Oregon for undergrad... After graduation, traveled all over Europe for a month... Then moved to Incheon, South Korea for a year to teach English... Moved back the USA (Grand Rapids, Michigan) for law school...have been here a year...and HATE it and want to leave and travel... So i'm dropping out of law school in a few months to move to Taiwan to teach English for at least a year...

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moving around frequently as a TCK

I’m curious what you guys think about these questions…

so…why is it that TCKs are so unsettled?  What causes the feeling that we want to move around so much and what causes us to want to move around so frequently?

Is it a good thing or is it a bad thing?

Is it a healthy thing not to stay put?

Can a TCK have a healthy long term relationship with a non-TCK, or do we just inevitably move on when we move to the new place? (friendship OR social)

Are we a culture of our own?

If we are a unique culture of individuals…what are the positives and what are the negatives associated? (negatives being difficulties we run into that non-TCKs don’t run into)

June 28, 2008 | Filed Under General Forum | 2 Comments