Hey Yas & Ali, are kids in Canada, who speak Arabic at home, allowed to speak Arabic in school? @ConfessionsExMu @aliamjadrizvi
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I think the danger of letting them speak another language (language they speak at home) is that there will be groups. A group of Arabic speaking kids, a group of French speaking kids, a group of...
Yes. That happens. It’s unfortunate to see the pods by identity, I agree. It also stunts their learning because it limits how often they speak the common language of the country-but really, there’s no way to control that. I wouldn’t advocate for restricting ppls language choices.
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some think it would be a good idea to let for example Arabic speaking kids ask other Arabic speaking kids (that also can speak the national language) in the classroom for help in Arabic.
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No. This seems like an easy shortcut, but in the long run it’s a dangerous crutch. We have a lot of research on this in Canada as it’s an issue we’ve been dealing w for a while. Hopefully they’ll look into what other countries have done and learn from our mistakes.
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Don’t forget that we are talking about children that are born here, not children who just arrived. If a 6 or 7 year old kid can’t speak & understand English or French in Canada than that’s the fault of the parents. They should be encouraged to speak English or French in school.
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I totally agree. They’re putting unnecessary stress on their child. But it happens a lot.
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I’d like to say that over time mixing naturally happens, but that just not true. When I was young and there was one Korean girl and one Pakistani guy, sure...everyone played together, but not anymore-now everyone has an ethnic pod /1
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And if you choose to hang out w a different pod because you have a common interest (not identity) then you’re ostracized for ‘trying to be white’. Asian kids who don’t stick to their pods are called bananas for ex (yellow on the outside/white on the inside) /2
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