Two Lives

I would still call myself a Chinese despite living in Canada when I was a child and going to an American school. Chinese is my mother’s tongue and it has always been the language that I used when I talk to my parents. Even though I have never been to a local school before, I could still listen, speak, and read with a little writing ability. Educationally, I learn my academics from the Western society. With me living in Canada for four years, all of my educations are from American and Canadian teachers. Living in Canada didn’t change my cultural background, but it did give me an opportunity to experience and live in a totally different culture place. After all these years of American and Canadian education, my style hasn’t really changed. In fact, the only thing that probably changed would be my writing style. It’s kind of weird to write English, but really think about stuff in my brain in Chinese. I know this may sound kind of weird, but this is the way how my brain works. Sometimes, I just get words confused since there are still two different languages. I think I just have to get used more to the Western society when I live in the States in the future.