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The Daily Mantra School Announcement: Understanding Canada's History

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The daily mantra school announcement extolling the virtues and importance of Aboriginals is essential to understanding Canada’s history. Through repetitive hearings our mind becomes washed over with guilt, thus making one feel the need to correct the mistakes made by previous generations. The daily announcement addresses the issues Aboriginals face or faced in society. Addressing the issues Aboriginals face today allows society to correct their mistakes and move towards a better society. The daily school announcement helps one understand Canada’s history through a psychological, sociological and anthropological viewpoint. Repetitive hearings makes one subconsciously acknowledge the mistakes made towards Aboriginals. Repetition is an effective method to make one remember something and the daily announcement is no exception to the method of repetition. Along with the daily announcement, students have learnt about the indigenous people of Canada since grade six. The constant reminder of mistakes made by the previous generations toward the Aboriginals encourages the current generation to correct the mistakes made previously. Through constant repetition students gain knowledge about the misfortunes of Aboriginals. …show more content…

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