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Guinea passport · started 2005–2009
I would advise TCKs to be prepared for a very different environment from high school, particularly in terms of social interactions and the more individualistic mindset. I wish someone had told me beforehand that people might be more independent and less naturally involved in each other’s lives. It took me some time to adjust and understand that this was simply part of the culture and environment. I would even encourage other TCKs to keep an open mind, be proactive about building friendships, and not assume that the social environment will be similar to what they experienced growing up.
Before they found their people
Within a few months
What surprised them
The environment was quite different from what I was used to in high school.
Wished they'd known
I wish someone had told me about the "individualism mindset" that is the new environment i had to move to.
Choose it again?
I wish someone had warned me about the “individualistic mindset” I would encounter in this new environment.
Across every review here, expected to already be local predicts whether someone belonged. Treated as foreign doesn't. Why that is
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