tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post8443185488814819540..comments2023-10-31T12:06:47.591-03:00Comments on labradore: Let he is who without cultural genocide...WJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-87939693609117820452008-06-13T23:57:00.000-03:002008-06-13T23:57:00.000-03:00While I do not disagree with your argument, it com...While I do not disagree with your argument, it comes across, like so many "pity the injustice that has been done to us" arguments from so many fellow Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that I find it offputting and difficult not to write off as bitter ramblings. The loss of any cultural knowledge is a great loss, but blame cannot be entirely laid at the feet of the school system. We are all to blame for not valuing the knowledge we lose until it is gone. In trying to create a standard curriculum that gives students the opportunity to move into an academic world where they will be on equal footing with their peers, there are things which are left to the community to pass on. At least part of the fault must lie with the parents of those first children who weren't taught those skills and didn't do anything about it. The value of these skills and knowledge has to be instilled in the children by their parents. Otherwise, the kids will just become victims of modern culture the same as children from any village in any country with a connection to the outside world. Hindsight, being what it is, suggests that the skills you lament the loss of should have been accomodated in the school. In today's politically correct society it might even happen, but is it already too late? We can all point out the flaws of the past. Only the visionaries do anything about the future.<BR/><BR/>You've identified a problem. Now get off your soap box and find a solution. Help identify those text books, or start a group to write some. Lobby for inclusion of this material in the curriculum.<BR/><BR/>And in case you are wondering, I'm an islander, and a Bayman, and bloody proud of it.Houghiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657855669830347134noreply@blogger.com