International school students: rootless and without a home?

By Hannah Smith. Growing up between countries makes it hard to define home, says a student at an international school in Beijing. 
Remy Shea is a sixth-form student at my international school in Beijing. When I ask her where she is from, she says: "I'm Canadian-Chinese but, at the same time, I'm neither."Most students at my school aren't from one particular place. Sure, our passports might say we're British or Malaysian, but it's more complicated than that. Where you're "from" is less about birthplace and more about cultural identity; as an expat student your cultural identity ends up being difficult to categorise. More...