Residential School Curriculum Analysis

Regardless of the condition of the food children were forced to eat it and if refused were subject to humiliating public abuse. For example in Fort Alexander in Manitoba, a young boy refused to eat, thus his food was tossed on the floor and he was forced to eat it off the floor in front of his peers, he stated “eating became a real psychological terror”. Only when visitors from the outside came was food improved for the day indicating they were fully aware of the abuse they were subjecting the students to and wanted to keep hidden. The quality of education seemed to differ from school to school. According to some on average only two hours a day was dedicated to academic learning and some children let the residential schools still being illiterate. The most important aspect to recognize is that these children where already educated by their parents and elders in their home communities and were now becoming re-educated to western ideals. The curriculum had three main …show more content…
Some students were grateful they were able to learn how to read and write and others note that while the education was not grate, they sought more education after residential schools and were successful. Some were grateful for the friendship they made during their time at school and learned life skills that helped them later throughout life. Other than education, the other main positive aspect of residential schools was through the participation of sports. Sports was a source of pride for many students, something thing had to look forward to and could improve on. Many saw the participation in sports as a refugee from their day to day lives especially when they had the ability to travel in order to compete with other