Posts tagged US
Finding Common Ground in Minnesota
Finding Common Ground in Minnesota

We were both required to take a placement test. I didn’t place very high, but brought my results to my advisor and got signed up no problem. Samiya, on the other hand, took it and scored very high. When she brought her results to her advisor, he said, “No way is this your score. No way a person like you can score this high”…

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RacismBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee) and Samiya Haid (From Somalia, Saudi Arabia, & Syria. Living in Minnesota)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, Minnesota, Somali, Spanish, intelligence, appearance, person-like-you, trilingual, US, prejudice, confront, Ramadan, Syria, adapt, socialise, socialize, global nomad, Somalia, Saudi ArabiaComment
College Sex in Tokyo
College Sex in Tokyo

My perceptions on sex have been hammered and scratched and polished. Although I still admit to catching myself admiring ankles from time to time…

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SexBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, talks, discussions, awkward, Guam, California, Philippines, euphemism, Tokyo, Thailand, sex trade, Baghdad, Japanese, US, conquest, condoms, conservative, Dutch, Germany, European, rape Comments
The Accidental Career
The Accidental Career

I think the crux of this article is that my background as a TCK led me to never worry too much about the specific job I was doing. As long as it was somewhat in my area, and in a place I could live with — even if I wasn’t an expert I figured I could always learn...

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CareersBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, career, Canada, Philippines, IT, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Istanbul, United States, travel, Asia, US, Dallas, Brazil, TorontoComment
It’s a Small World When You Are Japanese in Montana
It’s a Small World When You Are Japanese in Montana

When I was first hired to teach, there was something that used to rub me the wrong way; students would interrupt my lessons to ask me questions about my hometown or cultural practices...

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Bridging WorldsBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK, Tck, TCK TOWN, US, Canada, Japan, Japanese, English, tickets, flight, Montana, Austin, Seattle, flight attendantComment
The Grass is Green Wherever I Am
The Grass is Green Wherever I Am

I was surrounded by music and swing-dancing and prayer and a community of 400 people that attended the wedding. In my Dusty Rose dress in line with the other girls I felt like I was playing dress-up, assuming my part in an American wedding movie...

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FriendshipsBy Alexa Shearer (From the US, France, Germany, Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria & Italy. Living in Florida)tck, TCK TOWN, third language, third culture kid, Alabama, Siberia, wedding, dancing, community, church, Russia, US, USA, Moscow, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Trans-Siberian RailwayComment
PAUL
PAUL

My passports have always been issued from abroad. In the 1980s my passports were changed to blue "Z" instead of the standard blue. I was treated like a second class citizen each time I “returned” to the US and travelling in my 20's through Europe with it in the Cold War was sheer hell on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain...  

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Paul Kennedy, Paul, local, multilocal, born, Atlantic, Spain, Guam, Alaska, Korea, European, South-East Asia, Asian, home, Washington, California, Texas, Germany, Austria, Europe, Americans, eat, spice, culinary, Spanish, English, Mexico, German, US, citizen, passport, Tokyo Comment
The Dynamics of Coupling in Tokyo
The Dynamics of Coupling in Tokyo

Japanese women maybe have had about 50 years to figure out what an ugly foreigner looks like, so when you see a gorgeous, local woman with an almost repugnant non-Japanese man, you have to stifle the urge to alter your line of vision down to his goods.

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In LoveBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)couples, Japan, wife, culture, gay, dildos, neighbors, Canada, unit, married, gaijin, US, partners, Roppongi, open relationship, Tokyo, relationships, race, North America, honeymoon, Japanese Comments