www.glocallearners.weebly.comThe idea of being Third Culture Kids came up during a conversation in class, and as I dug a little deeper I realized that the students didn't know this terminology at all. I followed up later that evening by looking for a kid-friendly website to recommend for further reading and quickly realized that much of the information available is targeted at the parents of TCK's rather than at the children themselves.
As we met again the next day I shared my noticing with them, we shared more of our complex stories. I was fascinated to hear the stories, experinces and family histories of just my 23 students, and believed they were worth sharing! We came up with a plan for a website that shared their stories, yet went further to take action in supporting other children experiencing some of the complexities of our lives in transition. And thus our website was born. The student owned the planning for this, and although they had some support, they made and submitted their segments as they saw fit. Already new students have had the website recommended and we've seen how reassuring it can be to know you're not the only one dealing with this. The hope is to continue to develop this website, and to continue empowering the students with a community just like them! The concept of glocal is sometimes seen as trivialising a large complex issue in the global trade sense, but for our commuity we think it works quite well. Our meme expands on this:
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