The process of assimilation of aboriginals in Canada was doomed to fail because the missionaries and the federal government created a counter productive atmosphere from which they were to achieve their goal of a

Residential schools in their attempt to create an assimilated society created a group within Canadian society that was "raped of their culture" (Harel, video-recording) and distanced from the rest of society. I hesitate to approach this subject with anything but caution because of how personal the attack was on the aboriginal persons involved and on the various aboriginal cultures in Canada. As a future teacher I want to make students as comfortable inside the classroom and outside the classroom that I can. Therefore it is important for me to understand as many perspectives that may encounter any number of my future students. I want to be thought of, as a fun teacher that is respectful of and to all his students needs.

The Residential school system was a system in Canada devoted to providing a disciplined-based ideal that promoted the rejection of the aboriginal culture in favor of the then dominant white European population. The teaching strategies that were encouraged by these schools ranged from pulling children as young as six away from their parents to poor meals, half-day education, and ridicule about themselves and their family. The Residential schools were run by many church organizations, which received funding from the Canadian government. The Catholic, Anglican, and Methodist churches are examples of some of the bigger church organizations that had residential schools (Miller, 1996). All students were required to follow strict rules set in place by the church missionaries running the school and faced cruel discipline if they did not comply to them. The federal government was suppose to run checks periodically on these schools to see how they were being run but their presence was rarely felt at many of the schools. Thus, neglecting their responsibilities to the aboriginal community under the law and creating a population distrustful of government.

The missionaries often reinforced aboriginal inequality through demeaning statements about how inhuman their families were. Mental and physical barrages similar to these aimed at knocking down their sense self-esteem, making them easier to brainwash them about their (Haig-Brown, 59). In addition churches went to great lengths to avoid visits from the student's family through the building schools far away from reservation. Thus, making it difficult for any familial influence on the students. Is it conceivable that a plan to better a population has its roots in distancing a portion of the population from their cultural roots in hopes of assimilating them completely to another culture? My answer to this is a firm no. A student needs a reference point from they are to begin learn something. Therefore, if you cannot relate a new idea to something that they have learned before then it is hopeless that you are teaching them something that they will value. In my opinion anything that is not learned through this process is a form of brainwash because students are retaining something new purely through repetition and retention without the understanding of why this occurs (Haig-Brown).

ssimilation. Looking back at the history of the Residential school system in Canada, we can see the production of an alienated population because the tra

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