Posts tagged education
Condoms on Bananas & Toxic Attitudes
Condoms on Bananas & Toxic Attitudes

I still remember sex education class vividly. Condoms on bananas, cheesy videos, and the odd inappropriate comment from one or the other of my classmates. I was in an all-boys school in Perth, Australia…

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Sex, RelationshipsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, culture, sex, sexuality, education, Perth, Australian, Australia, Pakistani, Pakistan, school, boys, youngComment
Karachi Theosophical Society: the Historic TCK Archive
Karachi Theosophical Society: the Historic TCK Archive

With such an eclectic mix of people, the city had to foster pluralism and harmony. One of the key venues to do so was the Karachi Theosophical society…

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AsiaBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)Karachi, livable, stability, healthcare, culture, education, TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, trade, trading route, humanitarian, identity, nationality, ethnicity, Perth, similarities, differencesComment
No Formalities
No Formalities

Sara promptly opened the fridge, retrieved sustenance in the form of canned tuna and continued. After the session was over and everyone had left, I returned to my fridge and to my horror (distaste, displeasure, disdain, etc.) saw $1.10 lying on the counter…

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FriendshipsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, Friendship, friend, relationships, university, Australian, Australia, Melbourne, degree, education, friendship, friends, studyComment
My (P)lucky Mum (An Inspiring & True Tale)
My (P)lucky Mum (An Inspiring & True Tale)

In the past 6 years I have watched my mum utterly transform - a shift that started the first day she stepped into her chosen university. She went from calling us about the location of her saved files to independently researching university databases and overloading her bookmarks tab...

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FamilyBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)tck, third culture kid, TCK, TCK TOWN, mother, sister, family, Arabic, French, Lebanese, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Australian, English, Lebanon, education, study, inspire, proud, pride, third language, language, languages, migrant, migrantsComment
You Will Find Inspiration Where You Least Expect It
You Will Find Inspiration Where You Least Expect It

I found myself getting jaded and cynical. I was constantly surrounded by plight, with nothing to hold onto for inspiration. The revolutions I heard about in microfinance, social business, and other development sector related interventions were not taking place here...

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Self WorthBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, culture, diversity, Pakistani, Pakistan, career, needs, Australia, Australian, economy, development, research, field research, countries, subcontinent, travel, education, studentComment