Posted on: 05-08-14 14:49:52
Dear friends, with due respect to all the religions,..Is it true that newly immigrated Muslims students when admitted to schools are discriminated initially. A friend of my wife has shared her experience saying that her kids were given quite hard time initially because of their association with a particular religion. Please comment.
Pl do not start that kind of discussion here.
World is a very complex place .... Discrimination is a vague word and anyone can experience it at anywhere (even in their own home) within their own definition.
People from all over world comes here and building Canada ..... one of the very few best places to live in this world.
Come, settle and give your best to Canada to make it better further.
A case of exaggeration !
There is no question of School or the teachers discriminating against kids due to their religion or attire. Thats not Canada.
If other kids ignored or did not speak to the new kids (what else!) , thats a normal kid behavior, particularly when language or accent is a barrier. In few days kids accommodate each other.
So what experience was shared by the friend ? Seems like to me, a case of an issue within oneself !!
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Originally posted by Hasni
Dear friends, with due respect to all the religions,..Is it true that newly immigrated Muslims students when admitted to schools are discriminated initially. A friend of my wife has shared her experience saying that her kids were given quite hard time initially because of their association with a particular religion. Please comment.
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Your child should know sufficient English to get by. You will have lots of time on your hand to bring them up to a level and excel here. So, it might be a gradual move up for a child, if he/she has to start from scratch. That is where the Parents come into the picture. At least both the Parents are here in your case. A few in the Begumpet are single Mothers and I have no clue as to what it is that they are experiencing. It will be nice to know if we can help them from here. (Long Distance)
It would be wise for you to tell* your wife to get the complete details from the lady who gave you the heads up and also delve a little deeper and find out what the situation was about; and if it was serious, how she got over the situation. If she could not, what is the current level of harassment? Also the next move from her side.
Some women may not be quick on the uptake and find it difficult to express and respond here in unfamiliar surroundings. They also fail to help their children in a timely manner to get over similar situations and call it discrimination and cover up their short comings. If that is the case, then, it will be worth finding out what it is and all of those, who experience such an odd situation, should do a few things with the help through the community group to get over it.
Please get back to us with as much information that you can obtain and complete details for us to do some rational analysis and take some remedial action.
FH.
* The last time I used the term, blow in ones ears... I got an earful myself and now I weigh each and every word that I use, lest I offend some one, so that no one will shoot me down.
Gurram, I fully realize and understand that it is a very sensitive subject, but I think its upto us how we take it. Things only get charged when to take them to a certain direction. I have due respect for all the religions and I have candidly stated the same on start of my thread.
Please try to understand that we are new immigrants and discussing and listening on each and every issue that we may confront while being there. Some people do exaggerate things as San has said, and i also believe what my wife's friend has said, sounds something hard to believe. Also I shouldn't be surprised even if it is true to some extent, cuz as most of the friends has rightly said that discrimination is all around, fully agree. My point was just to have a double check and see if any other parent has also experienced it, and to what extent.
Dear FH, its not just the kids that won't speak, but teachers also seem to be involved. That's what my wife's friend said. She said that teachers will make the new students expose to things that will hurt their religious feelings, make them dance, make them listen high volume music, make them watch objectionable videos, etc.
@Hasni - I would say ask your wife's friend about which schooling zone does not have discrimination that you want to avoid and move to that schooling zone.
If he/she cannot come up with an school zone, then ask why is that they are still persisting with Canada?
All your queries can be answered by them, by gods grace I hope you find the right solution.
@cris that family is back in UAE now. Those kids have done their schooling and university edu from Canada. She was sharing their schooling experience with us. So you mean almost all the school zones have this issue to some extent! Did I get you right ?
Probably we are ignoring one factor, ie some families are too conservative and take notice of even very small things, I doubt this family belongs to that class. But again the question remains whether we should be prepared to face such issues or it's just something said beyond proportions.
