What I have learned after writing an essay on Residential Schools is the severity and cruelty of Canada during the times. The entire Aboriginal community was stripped away from individuality and culture. Culture is cumulative and is taught. It stems from many different factors, from the language you speak, the way you dress, the way you eat, and so on. Aboriginals were forced to conform to European culture and lifestyle that differed severely from their own, and if they tried to defy that, the teachers and or religious figures would punish them severely. This conformity made them lose their…