A diplobrat, in my understanding of the term, is the offspring dependent of a diplomat (a professional in the public employ who travels away from their home countries to represent said country's government in embassies on foreign soil) The replacement of the 'mat' with 'brat' mirrors the gyst of the humorous portmanteau[footnote]"portmanteau"? >.>[/footnote]: People of this breed are traditionally considered to be spoiled brats with diplomatic immunity.
Needless to say I contest this assertion. For one thing the whole idea of diplomatic immunity is misunderstood, and I have one particularly juicy anecdote that puts paid to that misunderstanding pretty neatly.
[HEADING=3]I am a diplobrat. Ask me anything.[/HEADING]
In any case, throughout my childhood I lived several countries, never for longer than 4 or 5 years at a time, I moved through several schools, groups of friends, repeated parts of various grades (if memory serves I did part or all of 9th grade three times in three different countries without, somehow, actually losing time on my peers)
I also lived in several cultures, met lots of different people, and may somehow have a few insights on things like travel, life in foreign countries, the expat experience and an international perspective on things that were big deals for you guys at home (Australian readers: I had been an internal, isolated fan of Tool for about five years until I suddenly came to AUS and heard that they were the mid-teen drug-enthusiasts band of choice par excellence - my appreciation of the band is therefore very personalized)
On the one hand you might say I was a spoiled brat, on the other hand you may rightly wonder what all this did to my social development, what my concept of a 'friend' is, or indeed if I would do it all again given the choice.
I'm not sure there is much call for an AMA on this subject, but I figured what the hell. Some people out there might dream of travelling, I for one still do.
Needless to say I contest this assertion. For one thing the whole idea of diplomatic immunity is misunderstood, and I have one particularly juicy anecdote that puts paid to that misunderstanding pretty neatly.
[HEADING=3]I am a diplobrat. Ask me anything.[/HEADING]
In any case, throughout my childhood I lived several countries, never for longer than 4 or 5 years at a time, I moved through several schools, groups of friends, repeated parts of various grades (if memory serves I did part or all of 9th grade three times in three different countries without, somehow, actually losing time on my peers)
I also lived in several cultures, met lots of different people, and may somehow have a few insights on things like travel, life in foreign countries, the expat experience and an international perspective on things that were big deals for you guys at home (Australian readers: I had been an internal, isolated fan of Tool for about five years until I suddenly came to AUS and heard that they were the mid-teen drug-enthusiasts band of choice par excellence - my appreciation of the band is therefore very personalized)
On the one hand you might say I was a spoiled brat, on the other hand you may rightly wonder what all this did to my social development, what my concept of a 'friend' is, or indeed if I would do it all again given the choice.
I'm not sure there is much call for an AMA on this subject, but I figured what the hell. Some people out there might dream of travelling, I for one still do.