"I actually had to quit being a paramedic because I couldn't take what I used to see every day," said a public health nurse I know the other day. She was referring to a couple of Indian reservations she had to cover not far from here while suffering through back-breaking and depressing drudgery. It worked out for her because she went back to school and is now in a better job, but what she told me was shocking.
"I have seen cases where the parents feed their kids coffee grounds or toothpaste to make them sick. Then we have to take them to the hospital so they can go off to the casino." "You can't be serious," I said, shocked. "I wish I weren't. And you know that they get free eye glasses, well, they smash them so they can't drive and then get free taxi service to and from town until they get new ones."
Anecdotal I know, but these are actual incidents to which she was witness. There are, of course, successful bands out here, but there are way too many failures.
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I realize it is all very pathetic. However, could the Canadian Government not have sent builders and workers to teach these people how to build and care for their own homes and then make them responsible!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteA lot of the fault is the Canadian government who sent them millions of dollars and asked for NO accounting!!!!! Why not simply send booze!!!!11111111111111111111111111