Good Education Is Not Separatist As Some Would Lead You To Believe
(Login iris89) Forum Owner Posted May 23, 2009 5:15 AM
Good Education Is Not Separatist As Some Would Lead You To Believe
INTRODUCTION:
There are some extremist that would lead you to believe separatist education is a good thing which it is not with crappola arrogant arguments such as:
Bilingual Muslim children need to learn and be well versed in standard English to follow the National Curriculum and go for higher studies and research to serve humanity. At the same time, they need to learn and be well versed in Arabic, Urdu and other community languages to keep in touch with their cultural roots and enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry.
Of course that same wrong argument could be made for many religious groups and nationalities, but it is a divisive argument that if implemented would only lead to the destruction of society and the emergence of anti-society groups reminiscent of the dark ages. I well know as I myself came from a bilingual society and went to school where I was in classes many diverse groups and nationalities. In fact, the reality is the only way a society can maintain strong is by integrating ALL groups into the society through common education.
Now consider the fact that all groups could make the same stupid argument and what would you have? Chaos and not a society at all. Lets look at this argument if carried to its logical conclusion!
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED SCHOOLS FOR ALL LANGUAGE AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS:
Just imagine the same argument made in the introduction by a member of Islam could be made for all language groups and religious groups separate but equal education. This of course does NOT work. The USA and the Union of South Africa tried it in the past with respect separate schooling for blacks and whites and Indians and it was a complete disaster so why should any society ruin itself by going to an educational scheme that has already been shown to be very destructive to society?
But then consider the logistic of such a scheme. If state supported religious education were given to one religion, It should also be given to all. To wit, a Hindu public school just for Hindu; a Methodist public school just for Methodist; a Buddhist public school just for Buddhist; an Orthodox public school just for Orthodox; a Zoroastrians public school just for Zoroastrians; etc. Of course this is utter nonsense and though treating all equally as should be done would clearly be complete nonsense. Same holds for students of various languages and especially with respect immigrants and/or families of immigrants since what is clearly needed by any nation is ONE UNIFYING LANGUAGE of course this does NOT mean that any should be forced to speak the national language to each other, but all should be able to do so. I speak my own language at home, but the national language of the country I immigrated to at about 12. Bilingual is good for individuals and I feel all should know at least two languages, but these second languages should only be taught in foreign language classes and NOT used as the language of instruction in other subjects in state supported public schools.
Those maintaining for want of publicly supported schools just for their group are just deviant individuals seeking to subvert national unity and to tear society down. They use such crappola arguments as,
Muslim children have been attending state schools for tha last 60 years. They have been suffering from Paki-bashing and bullying. Majority of them have been leaving schools with low grades. They have been leaving schools without learning their cultural and linguistic skiils. The result is that they do not know where they belong. They suffer from Identity crises. Now Muslim youths are victim of terrorism. Thousands of them are being searched in streets and hundreds of them are behind the bar without any trial.
But the real problem here which the writer intentionally did NOT STATE, is that the immigrant students that experience problems are the ones who wrap themselves in a cocoon of separationism and reject fitting in with others. I know this from personal experience as I immigrated to another nation along with others of my nationality who did not have the appearance of the natives, but I made an attempt to fit in and they did NOT. I was one of the most popular students in the entire public school that I attended; whereas, many of them were quite unpopular and suffered accordingly. Why? Because when you reject others they will in turn reject you and you will become an outcast. I did NOT reject others and they did NOT reject me. So the solution to the items complained about in this crappola argument is NOT separate state supported schools for each religion and immigranted in national group, but NOT wrapping yourself in a cocoon of separationism but being friendly with all and I proved this myself.
IMMIGRANTS SHOULD SEEK TO FIT IN THEIR NEW COUNTRY OR GO BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM:
If immigrants want to live exactly like they did in their country of origin and/or that of their ancestors, they should not seek to line in a cocoon of separationism but go back to where they came from an not be so arrogant as to feel/think the new society they are in should be made over to their deviant wishes. Lets get real, no one asked them to come. In my case, my mother sent me to a new country as she wanted me to get a better education an integrated one. I quickly integrated and experienced no special unique problems in school, nor was I made fun of by other students. All immigrants should seek to fit in as I did, while maintaining my own language and religious beliefs without any problems.