Ryerson[…]had the sensible framework for the (excellent) Residential School System:
•denominational ([…]tribal Red Indians needed a well-rounded Christian education)
•boarding-school ([…]with the reserves spread all over)
•separate ([…]problems that integrating them with more dedicated white students causes even today this seems visionary)
•English-only (it made sense not to waste time educating in both English and French[…]"secret" communication in coded languages would be a ridiculously horrible idea[…])
•agricultural oriented (probably the weakest of ideas, Indians were never particularly good farmers) […]
In the meanwhile he also […]
The angry losers who tore down his statue in Ontario don't apparently know any of these things[…]Ignorance and tribal savagery that Residential Schools were intended to breed out[…]Education system in Ontario as a whole is clearly broken and needs to be reformed and likely privatized
Taxpayers shouldn't have to fund these whiners who tear down the statue that celebrated a great man who played a huge part in building the successful country they seemingly aren't interested in living in
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