Day reading Passage (Australian culture and culture shock)


the hidden cultural diversity of her life remained invisible



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30 DAY READING CHALLENGE

the hidden cultural diversity of her life remained invisible.
Despite such complexities, however, most ATCKs say their experience of growing up
among different cultural worlds has given them many priceless gifts. They have seen
the world and often learnt several languages. More importantly, through friendships that
cross the usual racial, national or social barriers, they have also learned the very different
ways people see life. This offers a great opportunity to become social and cultural bridges
between worlds that traditionally would never connect. ATCK Mikel Jentzsch, author of a
best-selling book in Germany, Bloodbrothers - O ur Friendship in Liberia,
has a German
passport but grew up in Niger and then Liberia. Before the Liberian civil war forced his
family to leave, Mikel played daily with those who were later forced to become soldiers for
that war. Through his eyes, the stories of those we would otherwise overlook come to life


Reading Passage 1
for the rest of us.
Understanding the TCK experience is also important for other reasons. Many ATCKs are
now in positions of influence and power. Their capacity to often think ‘outside the box' can
offer new and creative thinking for doing business and living in our globalizing world. But
that same thinking can create fear for those who see the world from a more traditional
world view. Neither the non-ATCKs nor the ATCKs may recognise that there may be a
cultural clash going on because, by traditional measures of diversity such as race or
gender, they are alike.
In addition, many people hear the benefits and challenges of the TCK profile described
and wonder why they relate to it when they never lived overseas because of a parent's

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