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Hi Friends

Today lets talk about education. The residential school issues have tainted the native communities trust in the education system.
Our children are leaving school under educated and unemployable. The first nations schools are in deplorable condition with no books, no computers, uncommitted teachers, and lets not forget to mention the moldering buildings.

The break down of the education system is not just a first nations issue. The Canadian education system has been under going changes for the last 30 years, and not for the better.
We need to wake up, and soon.

What is the job of the schools? Are they merely warehouses for children, day-care facilities indoctrinations centers? Is this truly what we want them to be? Shouldn't the schools be there to teach the children "how to think" not what to think?

Literacy of all sorts has suffered. The fact that there is a debate over the teaching of evolution vs creationism in this, the 21st. century tells me we have lost our way.
High school is not enough these days for the market. Most employers ask for post secondary diplomas.

In a revamped system, the students would have all their basics down by high school, and from that point on the focus could be on good citizenship, with civics and money management and other practical skills taught.

I do think there are some new topics that should be added to the curriculum, and some old ones put back.
We remove civics class from schools then expect the graduates of such a system to make an informed choice when it comes time to vote for the new government. I'm sure the governments don't mind, it's so much easier to lead the complacent then the informed.
Ask your self, could Stephen Harper have gotten away with lying to the Canadian public, calling a coalition government undemocratic, especially as we have already had one under Robert Borden.( he called his , Unionist) a coalition of Conservative and Liberal.

How many times have I heard, " math isn't my best subject,or I'm not good at math"( as to imply that its okay to be bad at math) yet it is arguably the most applied skill in life. Bill paying, cooking, etc.

Lets focus our efforts on getting our young people ready for real world issues.
Economic ( and not the "game theory" product of John Nash's fevered paranoid mind)...but real money management courses, and of course reading and writing with spelling and grammar.
Strangely gone missing in our current system.

Every politician, parent and agency of every kind all talk about how," our children are our future..."

Is this really true? Then I ask what kind of future are we setting them up for?
We do not let children fail any more because it might damage their psyches. Where is our concern for those same psyches when we send illiterates out into the world?
Lets have our children leading the next revolution, developing environmental technology, or discovering the medical break thoughs of tomorrow and stop being a brain drain around the world.
Do it for the children, our most valuable resource.