When the child's mother Maria Gallardo, called the school to complain about her son's mealtime treatment, Normand Bergeron, the school's principal told her that her son ate like a pig. All because he would use a spoon and not just a fork like everyone else. The administration of the Roxboro school, in the Canadian Province of Quebec, should be brought to task and made to explain their actions which smacks of racism, intolerance and and an appalling ignorance of different cultures--in this case, the Filipino Culture. The Philippine ambassador to Canada, along with his consuls and attachés need to get on the ball posthaste and make known to these Quebec school officials that we Filipinos will not tolerate our culture being maligned this way. Click here to read the actual article by Andy Blatchford that appeared in the April 19, 2006 issue of The Chronicle of Montreal. Make sure you also read the comments that follow the article.
UPDATE:
The Philippine Star 05/04/2006
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or Filipino-Americans, especially those living in the the East and West
coasts of the United States, Canada is seen as the country that usually
gets it right! From universal healthcare, to universal education, to
"universal" tolerance for all peoples and races.
The
embarrassed and confused second grader whose family recently migrated to
Canada from the Philippines would be made to sit away from other kids
during mealtime and told by school officials that his use of a spoon was
disgusting.
