By Lauren Owen Despite being a relatively new genre, authors of Third Culture Kid (TCK) literature must meet demanding standards. These authors perform a dual task: first, define a population [...]
As a child, I remember desperately wanting to attend Chinese pre-school while living as an expat in Taiwan. At one point, my parents took me with them to check out several pre-schools, but none [...]
In chapter 1 of her book Mindset, Carol Dweck (2006) defines a fixed mindset as “believing that your qualities are carved in stone” (p. 3). As a result, this mindset “creates an urgency to prove [...]
I thought that I was done with first days of school when I left classroom teaching. This was not the case, though, and this past August, my alarm once again shattered into my dreams…but this time [...]
I love books. I can’t say that I actually love the act of reading the books, but I love books themselves, and particularly the stories and ideas their pages hold. I love being able to unlock an [...]
In my previous post, “Your Present, Their Future,” I began to explore different schooling options that parents can choose for their TCK. As the author of this column, I want [...]
