During the early 1920's, Duncan Campbell Scott, the deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, announced that his objective is to continue the residential schools until there is not a single Indian in Canada... But what people didn't know was the conditions inside these schools. Aboriginal children were forced to leave their homes and families and spend their childhood and teen hood in the residential schools to get rid of the "Indian" of the Indians and teach them the Canadian Culture. They weren't taught the normal subjects that schools would teach, but were used to do labor work. Once they arrived, their hair was cut, they would wear uniforms, and lived by a timetable. Boys and girls were separated and the staff was underqualified and underpaid. Kids would go through many abuses like Physical, Emotional, and Sexual. They were traumatized and grew hatred against Canadians. About 3,200 students died because of the infections that their dorms were filled with like tuberculosis and influenza. They would be punished if they spoke their home language, defend their classmates, or not follow instructions. They were discriminated and were taught to despise their culture. When they became adults, they didn't learn any parental skills, and Canadians still didn't accept them afterwards so they wouldn't fit in either side of the aboriginals or whites... So pretty much pointless if they wanted the "Indians" to fit in into their society.
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