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 understand what takes place in re-entry and/or transition and gives them the tools and strategies they need to not only survive but to thrive in the adjustment. This is the first book written to and for students who have been living outside their "passport" countries but are either returning "home" or transitioning on to another host country for college/university. It addresses the common issues students face when they are making the double transition of not only adjusting to a new life stage but to a cultural change as well. Parents will appreciate the chapter dedicated to how they can come alongside their students, prepare them for the journey and support them throughout this major transition.
The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A Lewis & Clark College colleague discovered Tina Quick's book while attending the OACAC (Overseas Association for College Admission Counseling) conference this year. He loaned me the book for the weekend and I haven't given it back yet! I've ordered my own copy for the office. I love this book and feel that it is the most helpful resource for TCKs (Third Culture Kids) that I have ever read. While based on research, it is easy to read and very, very practical. TCKs will appreciate the real life experiences of their peers and will come away with good advice no matter where they open the book and start reading. After digesting the section on relationships, TCKs might actually understand why they initially have so much difficulty making US friends. This book gives students lots of good, sound, practical advice that they can use before and during their transition to university. Last week I sent an email to my new incoming first year TCKs (and their parents) suggesting that they buy the book and read it in the month before new student orientation begins. As a TCK herself and as a mother of three TCKs, Tina Quick knows her subject well and speaks with authority. But, she does so in a manner that students will enjoy.
Greg Caldwell
Associate Dean of Students and
Director of International Students and Scholars
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon
Greg Caldwell
Associate Dean of Students and
Director of International Students and Scholars
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Tina Quick's book is the book that has been missing for years from our library of books about raising and educating children overseas. In fact, it seems that "transition to college" is where all the help books and "owner's manuals" for parenting stop. However, transition to college for any student is a major life change. Couple that transition with the issues that a Third Culture Kid faces and it's no wonder that many of these young people have a very difficult time adjusting. I have been telling every one of the college-bound students I advise, their parents, and my professional college counseling colleagues about the importance of this book. And parents - if you can't get your own teen to read the book yet - read it yourself so that if he/she calls home frustrated or in tears, you'll be able to better support them!
Rebecca (Becky) Grappo, M.Ed.
Founder, RNG International Educational Consultants, LLC
Certified Educational Planner
Rebecca (Becky) Grappo, M.Ed.
Founder, RNG International Educational Consultants, LLC
Certified Educational Planner
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Lois Bushong
Format:Paperback
I wish this book was available when I, a Global Nomad, returned to my passport country and entered college! It fills an important niche that has been vacant for too long. I love Tina's style of writing for she writes clearly and gives wonderful examples for the Global Nomad making this transition. I had a difficult time putting down her book. She is most knowledgeable and has certainly done her research. The book is filled with interviews of Global Nomads and those who work or study them. I think Tina went the second mile with her writing as she ends each chapter with the key points of that chapter and where one might find more materials on that topic, etc. It is not a book filled with philosophy and research studies, but a most practical book that a university bound student can put into their backpack and understand what is going on within them. The chapter on hidden grief is the most important one in the entire book. It is the perfect companion book to David Pollock and Ruth VanReken's book "Third Culture Kids:Growing Up Among Worlds". In my role as a mental health counselor, this book will be high on my referral list to all Global Nomads and their parents.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Given copies out to friends and COLLEGES!
When I first read Tina's book, I had a recent high school graduate and I was "sad" I didn't have int information earlier. Read more
Published 16 months ago by JSimens
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Don't wait until graduation to share this with your Senior(s)
This book is very teen-friendly in format. It pares down the essential, relevant content from Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, Revised Edition (by David C. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Natalie J. Sudborough
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A must read for all expats and their kids who see the World as their...
With thanks to Nel Vandekerckhove a Belgian expat who now lives in Amsterdam, for writing this reveiw
In general, guidebooks are not my favorites to review. Read more
In general, guidebooks are not my favorites to review. Read more
Published on March 15, 2011 by expatriate archive centre
5.0 out of 5 stars
seems to have touched the right chord
I bought this book for my college freshman, who is a Third Culture Kid/ Global Nomad as well as a child of a multi-cultural family. Read more
Published on January 26, 2011 by dxb
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The Global Nomad's Guide to University
Quick has written the ultimate introduction to college life for Global Nomads, TCKs, and also parents of ANY college-bound child. Read more
Published on September 20, 2010 by Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars
A "must-read' for all the college-year TCKs and people around them
Looking back on my troubled college years, how much I wish I had had this book at that time! I was a TCK who grew up outside of my home counry, and went back to my home country for... Read more
Published on June 10, 2010 by E. Cho
