Article Critique: Residential Schools Story More Complicated
“Residential Schools Story More Complicated” In the article “Residential Schools Story More Complicated”, author Rodney A.
Clifton, speaks on how all those that worked at residential schools are not all responsible for mishaps that may have occurred and shouldn’t be held responsible. Furthermore, he writes about the positive notes, of residential schools, such as education and healthcare that otherwise may have not been available. Perhaps this may be true but the mishaps that did prevail caused long term effects on the Aboriginal people and suffering that continues even until today. Not all people who worked at residential schools are to blame, and in agreeing on that note all who are not responsible should not have to indeed pay.
In summary, Clifton starts by saying that he had live in a residential school along with his wife a (Blackfoot) Aboriginal. He further says that he himself, his wife, his father-in-law who is an ordained priest, and mother-in-law in all the years had not even heard a “murmur” of children being sexually abused. Clifton goes on to state the “positive things” that he feels that have come about from residential schools. He says education, such as reading and writing, which are needed in today’s world are a benefit. Another benefit he mentions is healthcare for infections that may have not been cured if children were residing in their reserves. He also feels strongly that those who are not responsible for any of the abuses not have to pay large sums of money, in other words is implying that some innocent workers in these residential schools are now being held responsible.
It is true education is important and used everyday in the ‘modern world’, but was it worth the amount of problems that arose because of residential schools? First of all, consider how these children were taken from their homes and put in these schools where many of them are now claiming were abused. There were stripped of their identity and forcibly confined. In the
Clifton, speaks on how all those that worked at residential schools are not all responsible for mishaps that may have occurred and shouldn’t be held responsible. Furthermore, he writes about the positive notes, of residential schools, such as education and healthcare that otherwise may have not been available. Perhaps this may be true but the mishaps that did prevail caused long term effects on the Aboriginal people and suffering that continues even until today. Not all people who worked at residential schools are to blame, and in agreeing on that note all who are not responsible should not have to indeed pay.
In summary, Clifton starts by saying that he had live in a residential school along with his wife a (Blackfoot) Aboriginal. He further says that he himself, his wife, his father-in-law who is an ordained priest, and mother-in-law in all the years had not even heard a “murmur” of children being sexually abused. Clifton goes on to state the “positive things” that he feels that have come about from residential schools. He says education, such as reading and writing, which are needed in today’s world are a benefit. Another benefit he mentions is healthcare for infections that may have not been cured if children were residing in their reserves. He also feels strongly that those who are not responsible for any of the abuses not have to pay large sums of money, in other words is implying that some innocent workers in these residential schools are now being held responsible.
It is true education is important and used everyday in the ‘modern world’, but was it worth the amount of problems that arose because of residential schools? First of all, consider how these children were taken from their homes and put in these schools where many of them are now claiming were abused. There were stripped of their identity and forcibly confined. In the