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Research Paper

Posted by whitney on January 22nd, 2008 | Categorized as General Forum, Research | 339 views and 4 Comments

Hi!

I’m doing a research paper on how TCKs adjust back to the States when they return, particularly for college. Do you have an info you could give me? Sited info is best. It is a research paper.

The reason I’m doing this is I’m a TCK in high school and I’ d like to know more about this before I graduate. So…

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

whitney

Whitney Hope

um.. My dad's Amreican, my mom's an Aussie born in India, raised in the US. I've lived in Central Asia and Thailand. I'm going to boarding school at the moment.

4 Comments to “Research Paper”


4 Responses to “Research Paper”

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    Tess Says:
    January 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am

    You can probably expand the amount of material you can find if you lift the restriction that the TCKs repatriate to the US. The body of research on kikokushijo seems much bigger. I can’t recall seeing any information as specific as you’re looking for in a paper. There is that sort of information in people’s posts here, but that’s the only place I’ve seen it. If you make it an ethnography or anthropology paper, you could interview people here, if they’re willing. Then it won’t matter that it’s hard to find papers on it. I’d volunteer, but I didn’t repatriate to the US :)

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    Julie Says:
    January 24th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    Have you looked at the books and research list that Brice compiled? They are here somewhere.

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    sky Says:
    February 3rd, 2008 at 7:28 am

    are you writing a big research paper to graduate.. that is what I am doing. I am also doing on TCKs. 30 page paper to get an academic diploma or something…

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    ray Says:
    March 14th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    You can find a semi-scholarly article on Wikipedia by typing the keywords “military brat” in the search box. The author cited heavily from Mary Edwards Wertsch’s book“Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress” (see http://bratblog.brightwellpublishing.net/. Also, Donna Musil produced a documentary called “Brats” (Brats: Our Journey Home - see http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/)

    Warning: Take the findings and opinions expressed in the Wikipedia article and Ms. Wertsch’s book with a grain of salt. Some brats have experienced “The Great Santini Syndrome” [no space here to explain the term], and have been profoundly affected by it. Others - myself included - consider our unique upbringing in the military culture to be a blessing, and have absolutely no regrets over it.

    Good luck on your research.

    RJS
    Retired Army Lt. Col.

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