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This article is so wrong : * scarcity of French immersion programs are not widespread in Canada. In Edmonton, AB, there are enough vacancies for the interested
by diego_moita 9y ago
This article is so wrong :
* scarcity of French immersion programs are not widespread in Canada. In Edmonton, AB, there are enough vacancies for the interested.
* the article confuses correlation and causality. French immersion students get better grades. But the simple fact that their parents want them in these programs are an indicator that these parents take more care and attention on education. And these parents care is, by itself, an important reason for better grades.
* if so many parents want it and there are clear reasons to believe they're good for the children (better pay) and for the country (strengthen the cultural identity) then the problem is that there are so few, not that they shouldn't exist.
Better say: "oui, nous voulons beaucoup!"
- nacho2sweet 9y agoI have a little brother in Vancouver who is 20 years younger than me. He was put in French immersion because her friend who was an elementary school teacher said she had 15 out of 24 of her students be ESL or need special help in a normal English school. French immersion here is just used for segregation. With that many children needing special attention or not speaking the language any parent would suspect the learning environment of the classroom would be brought down and try and get their children out.