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Hallo! New bee with a question. CCK or TCK? or both?

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lauren

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Hi, I am new on this website and am so glad I found it. I cant seem to stop reading all the posts. I am trying to figure out if I am a CCK or a TCK or a mixture of both.My father is German/russian, and my mum is from new mexico. I was born in NM and my brother was born in Heidelburg, Germany. I have moved 6 times back and forth between different cities in Germany, England and most recently the US. When I moved to Germany the second time from NM I was 6 and although spoke no german was put in a german Grundschulle ahh… it was brutal. I came home crying every day, but the reward was I learned German really quickly. After 3 1/2 years in a rural german village, my family moved to the UK where I also attended a public school and felt really happy. Shortly after settling in, 20 months later, we moved back to a new city in Germany where I finally was able to go to an International school. The pattern continued that way until 3 years ago when I moved back to the US (what a horrid culture shock!) I know my moves have been relatively simple, geographically speaking, but packing every couple of years has its toll. I don’t really feel like I fully belong to any of the places I have lived. I missed out on any type of American Childhood, but never fit into the German way of things and was always the strange foreigner in the UK. Because I have a German and American passports and family in both nations, why don’t feel at truly home in either nation? I am 18, and just began studying classical at University but it has only been 7 months since I began and can hardly wait to study abroad.  Where to…I have no idea…just some where different. Any way my question is, am I simply a cross culture kid or a third culture kid? What are the differences? Sorry for the long, intro, but I have been questioning this for a long time and just recently even found out that there were names for nomads like me!! ;-)Thanks guys….. 


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February 2, 2008 | Filed Under General Forum 

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4 Responses to “Hallo! New bee with a question. CCK or TCK? or both?”

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    lauren Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 am

    I meant classical music… opps

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    Tess Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Sounds to me like you’re a third culture kid. You’ve personally lived in a few countries. Your parents being from different countries also makes you a CCK, I think, but I think that label is reserved for people that are also not TCKs… other opinions?

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    mairabay Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    yes, Tess is completely right (according to what I’ve read so far)
    check out Ruth Van Reken’s site (she’s the one who came up with the CCK term): www.crossculturalkid.org

    since this also seems like your intro, I’ll give you our obligatory lolcat welcome picture:

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    mairabay
    mairabay Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    uhhh… I don’t know what happened to the picture, let me try again:

    lolcats funny cat pictures

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