Philip Bradley
philpb@isb.ac.th

One more book to add to the list of helpful parenting books. The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition by Tina Quick. Of particular interest to the parents of seniors and recommended by faculty and parents at ISB. The blurb reads….

Third culture kids/global nomads have typically interacted with two or more cultures during their developmental years – those years that shape who they are as human beings. As they go about living their normal highly mobile, cross-cultural lives, they have no clue as to how they are being impacted. But one day they have an experience that wakes them up to the fact that they are different from others. This commonly takes place upon repatriation for college or university when they are surrounded mostly by those who have never ventured away from their home country or culture. What results is the feeling of cultural imbalance, not fitting in, inability to connect with their home-country peers. They feel like a “fish out of water” in their own country. This can lead to isolation and depression. Now there is a guide book to help these students ……