Because I am an international student whose house is in an area with a majority of Thai schools, I receive many despicable stares when I go on the BTS/MRT or am in a department store in my school uniform. I would be lying if I said that those looks around me did not make me feel insecure about myself. I seriously thought about changing my uniform every time before going out with family on Fridays, however, it struck me that I am proud to be a part of the TCIS family and I am very proud to be an international student. Being an international student is who I am; my family did not spend so much money to put me through an international school for me to feel ashamed of this fact. In the end, I did not allow those stares to make me feel embarrassed about my identity as an international student. I realized that I do not have to feel like I am less than what they are just because I am different from them. I did not let society change my identity or how I view myself; on the other hand, I changed those actions of discouragement to be proud of myself as encouragement for me to express my identity to the
Because I am an international student whose house is in an area with a majority of Thai schools, I receive many despicable stares when I go on the BTS/MRT or am in a department store in my school uniform. I would be lying if I said that those looks around me did not make me feel insecure about myself. I seriously thought about changing my uniform every time before going out with family on Fridays, however, it struck me that I am proud to be a part of the TCIS family and I am very proud to be an international student. Being an international student is who I am; my family did not spend so much money to put me through an international school for me to feel ashamed of this fact. In the end, I did not allow those stares to make me feel embarrassed about my identity as an international student. I realized that I do not have to feel like I am less than what they are just because I am different from them. I did not let society change my identity or how I view myself; on the other hand, I changed those actions of discouragement to be proud of myself as encouragement for me to express my identity to the