apparently there is a subgroup on facebook called "i went to an international school, and i am wordly bitch!" when a friend of mine showed it to me i couldn't stop laughing. so, uwc graduates (and future graduates), isn't it fucking true? or funny is it?
check this out:
you know what 'tck' stands for.
you own more than one passport from different countries, or you own a foreign passport, or simply, you own a passport.
you feel multiple passports are acceptable.
you don't have a driver's license for the country you're in.
your "home" is more than 5 hours away...by AIRPLANE.
you don't have a "home".
the question, "where are you from?" elicits a five-minute answer from you.
you are tired of people exclaiming, "your English is good! where did you learn it?"
you are tired of people asking you, "Where IS that?
canada is a foreign country.
you swear in more than one language.
common idioms and expressions you use habitually come from several languages, none of which you speak fluently.
you talk to different people in your life in different languages.
half of your phone calls are unintelligible to those around you.
you watch a movie set in a foreign country and you know what the nationals are really saying into the camera.
your yearbook had more than one language in it.
your high school memories include days when school was cancelled due to riots, demonstrations, or bomb threats.
you had to take the toefl.
fahrenheit/inches/miles = crap.
you know what ib and a-level mean.
you use msn because you know it's way better than aim since the rest of the world uses it.
you miss the cheap and delicious food from "home".
people mispronounce your name. YESSS!!!!!!!
you have friends in more than three continents.
you have enough frequent flyer miles to give your roommate a free round-trip ticket somewhere.
you're on first name terms with the travel agency and can speak authoritatively on the quality of airline travel for the past 15 years.
you're constantly checking up on the current exchange rate.
you know what country goes with what timezone out of necessity.
what's with this crappy version of cnn? and where's 24hr bbc news when you need it? richard quest, anybody?
when people talk about current events or watch travel shows, you pitch in because you were there, or you personally know someone who was.
you don't understand the college fascination with alcohol - you've been drinking since you were 12. in bars.
beer pong is overrated. just drink the damn thing.
you understand that diversity is not a matter of race.
so: true or funny? funny or true? both...?
