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Three things TCKs taught me not to take for granted

By: katelynskyebennett 2016-02-272016-02-27

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If you know international students or have friends who are third culture kids (TCKs), you know you can’t take anything for granted—not the terms or phrases you use, not your understanding of geographical knowledge and especially not your time spent together. Language. Catchphrases are cultural, so you may have to ask questions about what an…

Mu Kappa: a taste of Heaven

By: katelynskyebennett 2015-07-292015-11-14

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We sat around the pot of fufu, a handful of sisters. First we wet our fingers in our bowls of homemade peanut soup. Then, protected from sticky base we were about to share, we reached into the communal pot to tear off a piece of the doughy circle of boiled flour. Next we dipped the…