Not really the right answer, but I'm a former French Immersion program student (Canada). Our french speaking teachers came from from the indian residential schools in Quebec. In the 1990's, dozens of teachers were transferred to protect the reputations of public and catholic school boards. (exactly the way the catholic church covered up malicious priests in spotlight). My science teacher was finally arrested a year or two after I graduated for sexually assaulting a student. He humiliated us, punished us without reason or restraint. We were silenced, too busy bullying each other as a result of the poor treatment and education we were receiving. Sadly, I know for a FACT that there are many other students who haven't come forth to admit they were sexually assaulted, and I could never prove it on my own.

My whole class still shares a deep connection with each other despite the bullying we did to each other. We were all too young to know that we went through hell together. We share deep hatred for the school board for the things we were put through. Students complained daily to the school office only to be told to grow up. None of our parents could afford to move us to private school. We all begged to change schools, but our parents never believed/understood the severity of it all until the arrest. Nobody knew any differently.

Us kids thought school was supposed to be a relentless barrage of drunken teachers yelling at us and throwing things at us and humiliating us at the from of the room.

Not all of us have survived, many classmates lost themselves at young ages, I consider myself one of the lucky ones. My heart still aches for the families of my classmates who didn't make it to 20.

What I learned in school was that Canadian public school boards desperately need help.