Resources tagged with: Identity
A text exchange between two 16-year old teenagers attending an international school in an Asian expat hub. They went out last night, and are now checking in with each other to find out what transpired. [video width="528" height="480" mp4="https://www.expatvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/story_30_of_52-480p.mp4"][/video] _ _ _ _ _ Each week we publish a short...
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Moving to a new country was such a blessing for me. My parents never really made it explicit to me, but I was a gifted learner. And I was really bored in school. I was born while my parents were on assignment, I always identified myself as someone from another...
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“I’m sitting here thinking that we have to rethink the way we look at this. This is how the world is turning. Instead of having to make a choice, why can’t she be both? Eileen Gu is living her best life. She loves both countries and feels just as American...
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I moved to the Netherlands for university, and have stayed ever since. I speak the language fluently, and my appearance does not make me stand out from locals. Some people still recognize my accent though. And of course, my friends all know of my German descent. In their eyes, I’m...
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We moved to Australia when she was only 10 months old, with the intention of never going back to the Netherlands. She attended a local Kindy as soon as she was old enough, and though we spoke Dutch at home, she always felt that English was her first language. Watching...
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