Blog #7
Throughout Chapter 7 of our textbook, it mainly focuses on
the ascribed characteristics among us that affect how well a child does in
school. What I found interesting was the topic regarding immigrants and how one
reason why they may do better than Canadian born children is because “visible
minority youth in Canada have high aspirations toward post-secondary education”
(209). The text goes on to mention that visible minorities have higher
aspirations than Canadian born youth to receive an education, as well as “first
generation immigrant parents have higher educational expectations of their
children compared to those parents who were born in the country” (209). This
doesn’t really surprise me because when immigrants come to Canada from another
country, it is difficult for them sometimes to pack up there entire life and
move somewhere new. In fact, sometimes they don’t even know the language. So
for immigrant parents to have a higher expectation for their children makes
sense because they have to somewhat work harder in order to “fit in” with other
Canadian children.
One thing that really interested me in this entire chapter
was the section on sexual orientation and The Triangle Program. This program is
an alternative school in Toronto that is focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual or
transgendered youth. “The goals of the program are to foster the success of
students who are targets of homophobia and who are at a high risk of dropping
out or committing suicide” (219).
I never knew that such a school existed and I think it’s a great idea. Some
youth today are very self-conscious about their sexual identity and are afraid
to go to school because of the bullying and homophobic comments. Even though
these negative actions should never be occurring within schools, the reality is
that they are still present. It’s nice to see that there is an alternative
school for LGBT youth to attend if they do have those insecurities about being
in a public school setting.
This section made me think of this video that I happened to
see on Facebook a few days ago. It’s called “Love is blind” and it supports
different types of diversity. Check it out, it’s a really cute video!
Discussion question: What are your thoughts on The Triangle Program? Do you think it's beneficial for today's youth or do you think it segregates LGBT youth?
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