career. Usually, however, they have grown up cross-culturally in another way, perhaps as children of immigrants, refugees, bi-racial or bi-cultural unions, international adoptees, even children of minorities. If we see the TCK experience as a Petri dish of sorts - a place where the effects of growing up among many cultural worlds accompanied by a high degree of mobility have been studied - then we can look for what lessons may also be relevant to helping us understand issues other cross-cultural kids (CCKs) may also face. It is possible we may discover that we need to rethink our traditional ways of defining diversity and identity. For some, as for TCKs, ‘culture’ may be something defined by shared experience rather than shared nationality or ethnicity. In telling their stories and developing new models for our changing world, many will be able to recognise and use well the great gifts of a cross-cultural childhood and deal successfully with the challenges for their personal, communal and corporate good.
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? In boxes 1 -6 on your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information N O T GIVEN if there is no information on this 1 There is a close connection between careers and the number of TCKs. 2 An increasing number of people describe themselves as TCKs. 3 Ruth Hill Useem studied children in several countries. 4 Ruth Hill Useem defined the third culture as a mixture of two parents’ original cultures.
