Travel with a purpose!
As exciting as my life of world travel has been, one of the most rewarding benefits of a career as an international teacher has been the joy of raising my children as “Third Culture Kids”. I know that it’s not a life for everyone, but I am very happy that my kids have grown up in a diversity of religions, ethnicities, languages, philosophies, climates, and values.

Learning to create pottery at the famous Chez Galip, Avanos, Turkey Of course, there’s a downside to a childhood as a TCK. You often feel as though you don’t belong in your ‘home’ country. You don’t always ‘get’ cultural references or acronyms in conversations when you head to college. You feel frustrated when your peers at home are sometimes ignorant or incurious about your global background. You don’t understand the local prejudices and resistance to change you sometimes encounter. You’re…