Letter+-+To+the+director+of+the+Toronto+School+Board

Dear, Christopher Spence(administrative directory of Toronto school board)

Race, religion, and gender are different on the outside, but you and I both know they are the same on the inside, just a human being. Why should we allow different human beings to be separated in a school environment? We shouldn’t. I strongly believe that segregated schools based on race, religion or sex should not be permitted. Segregation in schools does not improve a child’s academic ability, it is not the reality of the world, and it also portrays the wrong message about being different.

There are bullying reasons, but also you might not think this but it can absolutely INCREASE the bullying that is happening. Different, is something a lot of people think about, "am i different?" "Is it okay to be myself, or do i have to change to be accepted?", not being open to different will cause it's meaning to increase to every coloured person, everyone that is not white, or straight is different. Although being in a mixed school, blacks, whites, yellows, blues, oranges, straights, gays, bisexual's, girls and boys will open your eyes to let you see that it is alright to be different, because we are all human. Bullys tend to be insecure or have a problem at home to make their attitude be like it is, when they think they are the ones that aren't different and YOU are, YOU are an automatic target. It's just wrong to keep people seperated just because of sex, religion, ethnic culture, or point of view on sexuality. The fact that they have schools set up only for gays or straights are distinguishing them as a specific group of people. I think that it is insulting to separate them from other people and make them feel like not human. I think it would make them feel like something that the other people would want to avoid and that would insult me. After all, are we not but all one race: Human. Your child’s academics come before certain extra-curricular activities, because you want them to succeed. If the school your child attends decides to become segregated based on gender or religion, and their marks do not improve or drop, then why keep them separated? I believe that when a student is a straight A student, they choose be one. They aren’t thinking about who was in their class, they are primarily focusing on their academic abilities and achievements. Students don’t care what their friends colour of skin, religion or sexual view are, as long as they are not having an impact on their academic achievements and abilities.

"What happened to living peacefully together among all the other races?" this is all just plain //scary,// thinking that people can't handle HUMANS treating eachother like HUMANS. We are all one world, one earth, we all live together, so why can't we get along? Having segregated schools just shows us how scared people can be of a fruit loop living in a world of cheerios. It increases bullying, brings up our mistakes of the past, and shows us that we can't handle living with unique people, but it's just what we need. Come together and stop segregated schools.

Sincerely, Patrick Steckle, Chloe Sichewski, Katie Willis, Mac Campbell, and Ian Rutherford