Georgia

"The language and culture in which people educate their young say a lot about the world they expect their kids to grow up in" (Owen Matthews).

I remember a time in my childhood when my parents insisted on dragging me around to every one of their social events. I found them quite boring especially because a twelve year olds mind tends to wander frequently. While my parents were talking to their Georgian friends at the dinner table, I was thinking of all the better things I could be doing at that time.

So what is the deal with us third culture kids? Do you even know what it means to be a third culture child? My life, my childhood, has been filled with obstacles and hardships that many Americans just don't understand or even want to understand. Why is it that many people's eyes glaze over when I begin to tell of life outside the United States?

Georgia's State Board of Education has passed a new standard for public education. Starting with the 2008-2009 freshman class, high school students will be required to have four years of math and science. (Students already in high school will not be affected)