Tina Quick Global Nomads - Complete Interview

"The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition"

Third Culture Kids can often have a difficult transition to University. Tina Quick, founder of International Family Transitions, has written a book titled, “The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition” In part one of this three part interview, Tina shares a bit of her own experience as a TCK. She also shares the inspiration behind “The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition” and what is covered in the book. This interview is also broken down into three parts if you don’t have the time to listen to the entire interview.

Amazon Books Review

"The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition"

By Tina L. Quick with Foreword by Ruth E. Van Reken

Third culture kids/global nomads have typically interacted with two or more cultures during their developmental years - those years that shape who they are as human beings. As they go about living their normal highly mobile, cross-cultural lives, they have no clue as to how they are being impacted. But one day they have an experience that wakes them up to the fact that they are different from others. This commonly takes place upon repatriation for college or university when they are surrounded mostly by those who have never ventured away from their home country or culture. What results is the feeling of cultural imbalance, not fitting in, inability to connect with their home-country peers. They feel like a "fish out of water" in their own country. This can lead to isolation and depression.

Now there is a guide book to help these students understand what takes place in re-entry and/or transition and gives them the tools and strategies they need to not only survive but to thrive in the adjustment.

This is the first book written to and for students who have been living outside their "passport" countries but are either returning "home" or transitioning on to another host country for college/university. It addresses the common issues students face when they are making the double transition of not only adjusting to a new life stage but to a cultural change as well. Parents will appreciate the chapter dedicated to how they can come alongside their students, prepare them for the journey and support them throughout this major transition.

http://www.amazon.com/Global-Nomads-Guide-University-Transition/dp/1904881211/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276178714&sr=1-1

Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Global-Nomads-Guide-University/dp/1904881211/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1276177685&sr=1-1-fkmr0