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Here is the abstract today's Toronto Star:
The city's residents are now 56 per cent visible minority, mostly Chinese
and South Asian. According to census data, the visible-minority
population grew to 115,000 in 2001 from 79,000 in 1996, accounting for
almost all of Markham's growth during that time.
The city's overall white population declined slightly during that same
period.
The most important impact of white flight, however, has been the
transformation of schools in affected neighbourhoods into front-line
settlement agencies. Mat Hassen, assistant superintendent of the Burnaby
School District, where about half of all homes report speaking a language
other than English, says governments have yet to recognize the challenges
faced by these schools.
"We end up feeding people,'' he says.
"We end up trying to link up social services; we end up dealing with
families who have been kicked out of a place because they haven't paid
the rent for three months; we deal with family turmoil; we deal with the
teenage sister who has now gone hooking; we deal with the drug
consequences."We can't help the kid have a good, productive educational
experience unless we help some of the things that surround the kid. It's
not our work to get involved with the family, but on the other hand, how
do you not deal with the family issues if they're affecting the kid's
performance in school?"
Worried about how these issues will affect their own children's learning
environment, many white parents, it seems, turn to alternative programs
to quell their anxieties.
His/her comments suggested that all of these problems are because of immigrants moving in. And it also impied that the white-dominated neighbourhoods didn't hve such problems before.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1096236608767&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
Here is the abstract today's Toronto Star:
The city's residents are now 56 per cent visible minority, mostly Chinese
and South Asian. According to census data, the visible-minority
population grew to 115,000 in 2001 from 79,000 in 1996, accounting for
almost all of Markham's growth during that time.
The city's overall white population declined slightly during that same
period.
The most important impact of white flight, however, has been the
transformation of schools in affected neighbourhoods into front-line
settlement agencies. Mat Hassen, assistant superintendent of the Burnaby
School District, where about half of all homes report speaking a language
other than English, says governments have yet to recognize the challenges
faced by these schools.
"We end up feeding people,'' he says.
"We end up trying to link up social services; we end up dealing with
families who have been kicked out of a place because they haven't paid
the rent for three months; we deal with family turmoil; we deal with the
teenage sister who has now gone hooking; we deal with the drug
consequences."We can't help the kid have a good, productive educational
experience unless we help some of the things that surround the kid. It's
not our work to get involved with the family, but on the other hand, how
do you not deal with the family issues if they're affecting the kid's
performance in school?"
Worried about how these issues will affect their own children's learning
environment, many white parents, it seems, turn to alternative programs
to quell their anxieties.
His/her comments suggested that all of these problems are because of immigrants moving in. And it also impied that the white-dominated neighbourhoods didn't hve such problems before.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net