Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year, Then Came ‘Month 13’

Re:Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year, Then Came ... by leesalminen on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:41PM (#13999549)

> As bad as public schools may be they do provide one valuable feature in my opinion. They promote assimilation.

It shouldn't be at the expense of other students though.

If there is an influx of students that aren't proficient in English, and the school is not prepared for this, then other students will suffer.

ESL classes are crucial to proper assimilation. Of course, that increases costs. So, either funding decreases for other students or taxes increase.

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Re:Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year, Then Came ... by mythrwy on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:45PM (#13999588)

Ya, a fair point. It is an undue burden on the schools. Now they have to function as school, (in many cases) parent, and language/culture teacher also.

I just think if we are going to have large scale immigration this is worth funding somehow as I believe in the value of assimilation.

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Re:Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year, Then Came ... by leesalminen on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:52PM (#13999634)

I agree entirely. Assimilation is key to successful large scale immigration. I've always wondered why folks want to move to America to have a "better life", but then fail to learn English. If we're going to have immigrants, we need to be prepared to set them up for success.

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