Comments on: Are Yukon Schools Politically Correct?

By: yukonchatterbug

yukonchatterbug — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:33:41 +0000

Kara, thanks for reading my post. Some schools here take part in an annual bison hunt, which is the pinnacle of the kid’s grade seven year before they head off to high school.
I believe that when kids are taught how and when to handle knives, weapons and the like, they become more responsible with them. They learn survival skills, even little things like removing the safety from their lighters, because who has the dexterity to handle the tiny safety on a lighter if your hands are freezing?
Not all kids have the privilege of learning these lifeskills at home.

By: Murray

Murray — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:59:55 +0000

I recall a couple of examples of that sort of suspension in Ontario and Quebec in recent years, but can’t find any details online.

By: Kara

Kara — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:53:25 +0000

Hello! I found your blog randomly here this evening and I really enjoyed this post! We live in Nunavut and guns are just part of the way of life. I grew up in Northern BC and my family has always hunted to make up for a low income. In the states, it just seems that everything is taken to the extreme.

Reading about the Yukon has been nice! We love being here in Nunavut, but would like to live closer to family one day. So we are considering moving south to the Yukon one day.

By: yukonchatterbug

yukonchatterbug — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:58:44 +0000

Thanks for the comment Murray. I tried looking for Canadian examples, but didn’t have any luck. Of course, it wouldn’t surprise me to hear that it does happen north of the 49th.

By: Murray

Murray — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:45:17 +0000

Great post, Carole. It’s hard to say where that “fine line” is between fun and “dangerous thinking”, but certainly some of the politically-correct suspensions of students in the States in the past few years have been absurd.