Canadian School System

There was a time when America’s education system was top-notch according to the culture and society. With time, a myriad of things has changed, but unfortunately what has not evolved is the American education system. The country is still following a system which was not designed for the current global economic climate. Equality, as positive as it sounds is not as sufficient when it comes to education. The system treats students equally yet expect a similar culmination and outcome. Every child has his individuality and distinct abilities; one cannot judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree. Conversely, a few of the prominent reasons why the education system is failing are overcrowded schools, the rise of technology, and following the same old school hours.

The history of both educational systems has early beginnings. Public education in Canada evolved from France and Great Britain and the U.S Northern borders. It system still today resemble France and Great Britain and because of our close proximity they have adapted some parts of the United States educational system. Educational system of the United States began in the 1600s in the New England colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. In the 1800s, education was reserved for only the wealthy and by 1918, all states passed laws requiring all children to attend at least elementary. Subsequently during the same period public support for secondary and high school gained popularity. In spite of the belief that public education should be available to every child irrespective of

Education is an essential aspect in our ever-changing societies. It is used as a means of transmitting concepts, knowledge, and values, often to younger generations (Ravelli & Webber, 2010). Education and schooling differ in all societies, varying based on the methods of teaching of different cultural groups. For instance, Canadian Aboriginal people were taught based on the needs of their individual families and class. This greatly differed from the European system of education, which stressed adequate involvement with all of society. Though the Aboriginal manner of education was efficient and effective, the Europeans wanted to bring a change to their previous practices. As seen in the film, Education As We See It, European missionaries

Is America’s public education system benefiting in helping students succeed or is it taking part in students lacking crucial information? In “The Problem with American Education” Zastrow Marvin C. states that “our country grew and flourished as it developed the most extensive, the most elaborate, and the most expensive educational system the world has ever known” (233). There are other systems around the world that maybe more effective, use a smaller budget, and are less time consuming. Students in American schools are beginning to score lower and lower on state wide standardized tests. Also more and more students are beginning to walk out of public education schools lacking crucial life knowledge. One different education system around the world that is more efficient and cost less money is Finland. Also this education system is less time consuming than America’s system. In America it is important for students

A country’s economic system decides its education system. Since China and Canada have different economic systems, China is developing on a diversified ownership economy, while Canada is running its economy by pure capitalism. It is obvious two different education systems run in those two countries respectively. And from my personal experience and some hearing from my friends, I found five main disadvantages of China’s education comparing with Canada’s education.

They were also promised an improvement of personal lives, but it was the exact opposite. In document d, Flora talks about how the neighborhood they moved into had a lot of ceaseless and horrific headlines about drug-related violence, much of it directed towards young women. Flora has two daughters, and they are now living in a place where violence is directed towards them. That is not a better living environment, that is living in fear every day and having to look over your shoulder so you don’t get hurt. However, there school system was great and produced good students. In document e, it talks about Sergio’s decisions to stop being a police officer and started working at a maquiladora because he heard of the higher wages. However, when he

Education is a necessity across the globe, from America to Africa to China. Some education systems, however, are more successful than others and hold differing views and approaches to education. Culture greatly impacts education, which in turn impacts further opportunity. As unfair as it may be, a child’s cultural background largely determines their level of success. The American education system is lacking when compared to various other world cultures, and this is causing the socioeconomic gap to grow. Because of this inadequate education, more and more families are dipping beneath the poverty line. This could be due to poor discipline as well as the diversity of students. The diversity of the students results in a wide array of needs that are not being met by the public education system. This issue could be minimized by working to create a more inclusive academic environment to ensure equality and success.

Residential schools were a normal aspect of Aboriginal people’s lives in the 19th and 20th century. The purpose of a residential school was to convert Aboriginal children to Christianity and to assimilate them into Western culture. They were operated through the Canadian government and the church. Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their parents and put into a school, full-time. They were mistreated which led to problems that still afflict the Aboriginal population of Canada today. Many Aboriginal people want the Canadian government to recognize the inhumane and heinous acts that have been done and want compensation. The imposition of residential schools has greatly impacted the Aboriginal population which resulted in many repercussions

In a progressively more globalized world that necessitates more effective educational practices, the U.S., once the biggest global force in education, has seen its dominance slowly slip out, and its educational status fall even lower than that of several third-world countries. The decline experienced in American school system academic achievement is not as a result of lack of funding, but as a consequence of the overall educational system watering down. According to Gatto, educating children through the existing public school system of America is crippling rather than helping them. From his essay, ‘Against School,’ it is established that the goal of the whole public school system is to limit people’s intelligence in an attempt to create a society that is manageable. Gatto continues to state that action is needed to change this situation. He supports his assertions using current and historical information about the American school system and his personal experience. After reading his article, one realizes that most of Gatto’s arguments are true. It is true that the American education system is making the students comfort to the government and society norms, which is why they are easily bored. This essay’s goal will, therefore, be to support John Gatto’s beliefs.

Residential schools in Canada was the planned assimilation of Aboriginals into European way of life through church run schools. These forging societies have not only been a vital part to the Canadian economy but have also played an important role in protecting Canadian land form American conquest in the 1700’s-1900’s. The residential schooling system revealed the monstrous and shameful acts humans commit when they are power hungry. With the decline of the fur trade industry British colonizer started to see aboriginal peoples as a threat and began introducing treaties and laws to decimate the aboriginal population. Colonizer began implementing land treaties, reserve system but soon realized it was not enough to destroy aboriginal culture. Of the many laws that were passed residential schooling could the most heinous law used to cripple the aboriginals and destroy their culture, and make them second class citizens. This paper argues that euro centric practices reproduces the marginalization and downward social mobility of aboriginal people through the residential schooling system.

Do humans really see the impacts of the decisions they make? Canada’s government obviously did not. By knowing and understanding the history of Canada’s treatment towards the Aboriginal Community; we can determine the answer. The impacts made by the Canadian government's Residential Schools has affected the lives of the Aboriginal peoples and Survivors in three different ways. Many of the Survivors have been abusive towards their family and peers physically, due to their treatment and the impacts of the Residential Schools. Numerous amounts of the Survivors of the Residential Schools have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, which leads up to the last point of how several of the Survivors have committed suicide or have had a fatal death

They were brought to these boarding schools to assimilate them into the culture of the European settlers. (Hanson, n.d.) The settlers believed that they were better and that indigenous people were ignorant savages, needed to be trained. (Hanson, n.d.) First prime minister of Canada, Sir John A. MacDonald began to publically fund Residential Schools making this a federal responsibility. (Hanson, n.d.) The schools were maintained by the labor of these children, the children that were punished for speaking their native language, repeatedly sexually assaulted, and extremely malnourished (hanson, n.d.) this abuse and punishment had finally ended in 1996 when the last residential school was closed (Tasker, 2015) It was not until 2008 that former prime minister, Stephen Harper formally apologized to the indigenous community,(CBC, n.d.) he then implemented the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. However, the institutions have already left a mark on the indigenous people. Suffering has been passed down to generations, inducing mental health issues within the community, such as addictions. Children of Residential Schools suffered through many mental health issues that cause them to be unfit parents. (The Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series, 2007) For over a century children from 4-18 have no experience being in a family or community environment, parenting skills were diminished, as well

Reading contributes to a major part in a high school student's life. Whether it's reading a textbook, notes, a novel, or even posts on social media, we are continually absorbing new information through reading. Canada Reads hosted by CBC has been celebrating marvellous works of Canadian literature since 2002. This annual battle of the books features five novels consisting of a common theme. Each book is then defended by a representative, by the end of the four series podcast they will chose one book they believe all Canadians should read. Participating in this event was incredible. I was able to learn new things along with improving my reading and writing skills. Therefore, Canada Reads should become a part of the grade eleven curriculum due

During the pre-war education period, the curriculums showed how nationalistic one country's schools could become. In addition, the fact that during the pre-war period elementary school (grades 1-6) was the only compulsory and free schooling in Japan. This shows that at the time school was not there for the purpose of enlightenment, but for creating machines. The curriculum for elementary school consisted of citizenship (morals, Japanese language, Japanese history and geography), science (science and arithmetic), physical training (physical education and the martial sports of Judo and Kendo) and the arts (drawing, calligraphy and handicrafts). During the higher levels of elementary school, domestic science was added for girls.

Canada has policies like the fundamental elementary and secondary public education is free to all qualified Canadians to bring equity to Canadian citizens (CMEC, 2017). This is aimed to make every child has the same opportunity to get the education. Also, Canada does not have a federal department of education; each province and territory have their own departments for educational management in order to improve efficiency (CMEC, 2017).