On Sep 16, 11:04*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> John Kane wrote:
>
> > No but all you need to do is come to Canada and ask about the
> > Residential Schools scandal and you will know that that taking kids
> > away from their parents is a risky and bad business.
>
> So much for trying to provide an education to them. It seemed at the
> time to be the most practical way of providing an education to people
> who lived in tiny remote communities and to prepare them for life in the
> modern era. *Of course, those same communities are now demanding more
> access to education. Go figger.

It seemed like a good idea at the time but we have learned a bit since
them. No need repeat the same mistakes. Also if I have the approach
correct it was not so much to prepare people for life in a modern era
as much as it was to wipe out aboriginal cultures and languages.

Kids were essentially kidnapped in the old system. Now at least the
parents or tribal council sees the advantages of education. It was
not all that apparent in the late 19th or early 20th Century.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada