Marios 4th Entry

For my last post, I had a hard time finding other blogs that were relevant to the topic that we are discussing, so I looked over some of the postings that people in this group have made. It seems that all four of us are from different backgrounds, and all face the issue of a "hyphenated life" After reading some of their descriptions on how their lives are i noticed once again that a lot of similarities can be found in seemingly different cultures. I also found it comforting that a lot of different people throughout the school and the community are facing similar issues as I am in the respect of trying to balance two different types of lives, one within their home and one outside of it. I also came to notice that there are basically two different ways of handing these types of situations one is to be the exact same inside your house with your family as you are outside of the house even if surrounded by people that wont necessarily understand everything about your personal life. And then the type of person who tries to balance the lives and acts a little different inside the house then he or she does outside, i guess this is kind of the easy way out as you kind of lose some individuality and sort of conform to the perceived "normal" ideas, but it also seems to keep things a little bit more simple, at least from my personal experiences. The great thing about Canada is that it is home to a number of different cultures and creeds and posses a lot of ethnic diversity, and I believe that remaining and individual and staying true to certain beliefs is important but I guess that needs to be decided by the individual based on their feelings and individual circumstances. Either way culture is good. Stay unique. This project has been great, really informative and it helped me to learn a lot about different cultres, the way people handle the idea of a "hyphenated life" and reinforced the cultural diversity that Canada has and the importance of that.