Canadian Students Attitude Towards Education

The Vietnamese people left their country due to the Vietnam War, and the communist who come after the war and tried taking over the country, so they migrated to Canada. They mostly live in the eastern and western parts of Canada, but mostly in the western because Toronto holds the biggest population of Vietnamese

Parents believe their kids are too young and immature to make a decision by them selves, therefore they pressure their kids into attending college believing it is the best thing for them. The author does not agree with these actions and thinks that students should decide for themselves whether or not they want to continue their education. If students feel that college is not for them, they should not stay there just because somebody expects them to. Furthermore, she states that if everyone got a higher education everybody would be on the same intellectual level, and there would be no difference in people.

A comparison of native students and their non-native peers quickly brings one to the realization that native students are not experiencing a comparable degree of education success in Canadian schools. It is vital that native Canadians address this issue thoroughly, to insure that the nation is no longer faced with a semi-literate, unemployable population, requiring financial support. In order to fully address native educational underachievement it is important to examine the historical causes of the problem, the issues we are faced with today, as well as, identifying possible viable solutions.

Educational attainment is strongly connected with the children of immigrant’s success (Brown, 1997). In order to integrate successfully into the new society, newcomer youth indicated a strong interest in taking advantage of educational opportunities (Brown, 1997). The strong desire to belong to their new society was evidenced by the fact that the majority of youth wanted to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered in Canada (Anisef & Kilbride, 2003). Indeed, education was believed to be the single most important element that would determine a person’s success in Canada. Immigrant youth strongly believed that those who do not have an education are less likely to obtain a job because employers look for employees with a good education

As Canada sent letters promising to give landed immigrant status to 14,000 South Vietnamese who were capable of escaping Vietnam, they also offered permanent resident status to the 4,000 Vietnamese that stayed in Canada who did not wish to return to Vietnam. (The Vietnam War: Canada 's Role, Part Two: The Boat People, http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/the-vietnam-war-canada-s-role-part-two-the-boat-people-1.3048026) Such support, resulted in Canada helping thousands of Vietnamese avoid death back in Vietnam. Moreover, after the Vietnam War ended on April 1975. Canada was responsible for accepting thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Between 1975, and 1980, Canada accepted about 70,000 refugees 3,000 of which arrived in 1975 which increased to 9,000 by 1978, and finally accepting nearly 60,000 in just one year from 1979 to 1980. (The Vietnam War: Canada 's Role, Part One, http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/the-vietnam-war-canada-s-role-part-one-1.3038110) and (Thakur, 265). Canada constantly demonstrated some if not heavy involvement in the Vietnam War. Accepting refugees throughout the course of the war is not at all an easy task. A lot of money had to be spent to build homes for the refugees, provide them with clothes and food.

The war in Vietnam had a very big impact on Canadians as it divided them by their response to the war. The government “tried its best to stay neutral during the Vietnam War” (pg. 231 Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues). Canada did not want to become involved in a war that was not theirs to fight, they did not send troops to fight in the war. Canada did not participate in the war and became a safe haven for Americans who would have been forced to fight. This shows that Canada can be independent and not follow what other countries tell them to do. In 1949 Canadians watched American news and saw the world through an American lens. The Canadian government did not like this; the Massey Commission was formed and, “suggested that Canadian culture needed to be protected from U.S. influences” (pg. 176 Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues). The National Film Board (NFB) would be strengthened. The CBC, which was already a radio network, was put in charge of the development of television. Massey Commission also led to, the creation of the Canadian Council for the Arts which awarded grants to writers, artists, and theatres. Another important step was the creation of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). They regulated the airwaves and guarantee that Canadian content was played. The measures that were taken encouraged the growth of arts and culture in Canada. In the 1920s the American investment in Canada increased. American investors started to set up branch plants in Canada. They did this so that “American car makers avoided having to pay high tariffs” (pg. 63 Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issue) Canadians were very happy with the investments so they did not think of the long term consequences. The branch plants were a good thing because it meant more jobs but it also meant that the U.S owned Canada. Canadians did not think of that

I am a first generation Chinese American and to go to college. My parents immigrated here from Vietnam for my brother and I, they both came here working low wage jobs with very little school education. Back in Vietnam, when education wasn’t accessible to everyone, my dad dropped out of school in fifth grade and my mom dropped out in ninth to work for the family. Because they weren’t able to achieve the American dream for themselves, they decided to give my brother and I the best chance to have it for ourselves.

In this study, I’m focusing on the correlation of voters’ behaviors about the Liberal party of Canada in the 2015 election. The relationship between Justin Trudeau and the party and what effects to gain more votes, pros and cons, the strengths and the weaknesses among different group of the voters. I did comparisons between the main three Canadian parties (Liberal, Conservative, NDP) and did a research report to help to understand the correlates of their support. This research provides an overview of my study’s finding. I did a statistical analysis about the mean, median, standard deviation, the lower and upper mean, how males and females behave about the party, the income correlations, linear, nonlinear, monotonic and non-monotonic relationship, null and alternative hypothesis and many more.

Canada politically played a role in resistance against the Vietnam war. To start with, their immigration rules and regulations favored the Americans who wanted to flee to Canada. The policy and the Vietnam war was coincident because the Canadian immigration department made the system during the Vietnam war. The plan was only meant to encourage skilled labor to migrate to Canada. Part of the policy also favored the Americans the visitors could also apply for immigration. This led to the number of visitors in the country being more than twenty thousand. Women had the most advantage over the men because they did not have to worry about returning in case they did not qualify to migrate to Canada. The male drafters feared that in fact, they

I had a culture shock, as I started my high school. People didn't value, care about their classes, teachers, school work compared to what I was use to at my hometown. Going to school and paying fees which cost hundreds of dollars and books was way too much in foreign countries, but they managed to do it. People over here students get free education till their high school and even their college year. Miss Mukherjee also states that when she came from Indian “we would endure our two years in America secure our degrees. But insiders they think it is not necessary to be in class, listen to their teachers or to be something to be proud off. Our parents always taught us that you are not American, where everything will be easy for you. They always told us that we should use the harder path as much as you can so it will be easier for us in future. Moreover, some low-income people get special care where they get food from social services. Everyone knows that America has the best. Everyone knows that American has the best of everything, even Americans know that too. but the only people like to use it; is the outsiders because they can see clearly what they have here and now they can get use of

Winnipeg and the surrounding areas of Manitoba is currently home to the largest population of Aboriginal people living in Canada (Manitoba Education and Training, 2017, para. 1). According to the 1996 census data, in 1999 it was approximated that 50% of Aboriginal youth in Winnipeg aged 18-24 years old did not have a high school diploma; a significant difference compared to the 20% of non-Aboriginal youth in Winnipeg who did not have a high school diploma (Silver, 2002, p. 8). According to Richards (2009), Aboriginal students in Canada tended to perform lower educationally, than non-Aboriginal students (p. 21). The lower graduation rate experienced by Aboriginal students is often referred to as the Aboriginal education and achievement gap (Tallman,

The issue selected by my group revolves around the broad debate faced in Ontario high schools regarding the overall educational benefits of Academic versus Applied courses. The basis of our research will look into why applied high school courses are considered substandard in comparison to Academic courses. In regards to my contribution, the first part looked into whether there were any political influences behind the creation and continued status of applied and academic courses. How far the reach of the political power is, whether or not they are a dominant factor behind the issue and what possible gain they may have. Secondly, based on our topic we proposed possible barriers we may face should we come up with opinions or

It is a common believe that the United States is the place where you could find success easily, just like in the movies. But education can easily become overwhelming for foreigners because of the different cultures, ethnicity and languages. We live in a multicultural society with various ideas about what success means and not every child is incited to purse higher education, some students have a cultural mentality that differs from the rest. For example, Latin men often are pushed to work and support their families, sometimes because of economic need, this causes to have classrooms to be diverse in a good and bad way. Another reason why some people do not continue their education is language barriers, some students do not even know English and despite this they are placed in classrooms with the rest of the students. Some children struggle with school because they cannot understand what the teacher is saying, they also lack of social interaction with peers. It is hard to imagine success when you have a huge wall surrounding you. That certainly is not a unique case, Patricia Gandara, research professor, discusses in her article “Meeting Students Where They Are: The Latino Education Crisis”, how students suffer and fail academically because they have low income, lack of English and family’s education among others. Several programs created fail or do not last enough to help children in a long term. Although many people think that these programs are good enough for

For myself and most people in Canadian society, education is a major part of our lives. Most people will spend at least a quarter of their lives in the educational system. Using the school system as an example, in my experience knowing people that have failed a subject, it was due to the fact they didn’t study or do the work which put them at a disadvantage compared to the other students in the grade, but there could be social, economic, or historical reasons which lead to you doing those things. If you come from a poor family, for example, you might need to spend so much time working that you do not have time to study. A societal issue of this would involve in the whole grade failing this course. If this happens, then the solution would not be an individual one, rather the solution would be the school system taking a look into this and making any required changes to the course. A reason for this many students failing could be that the students were not given the resources necessary to succeed. Potentially the school did not have the funding to teach a course properly. This societal issue could result in many students not move further in their education which puts them at a disadvantage. This then can cause long lasting historical problems as it becomes a vicious cycle. A person comes from a poor family and goes to a bad school, they then do badly in school and either don’t complete it or move on

Vietnam and Canada have established a diplomatic relation with each other since 1973, and they have been maintaining a good bilateral relation. Moreover, the relations between two countries are expanding rapidly, from increase in trading to investment and a prominent development assistance presence (Canadian International Development Agency). Additionally, Vietnam is one of the countries in which Canada is focusing on in responding to the Government of Vietnam’s poverty reduction priorities as well as improving the enabling environment for investment and supporting rural enterprise development and agricultural productivity.