Cuthand: Let's be clear — residential schools had no positive effects

Every so often, some story surfaces that is so ridiculous I have to dig into it and expose the antiquated and unrealistic thinking that still exists.
This week, a story surfaced in Alberta about a multiple-choice question on an online test provided by the Alberta Distance Learning Centre. The question appeared on a social studies test.
The question read as follows: “A positive effect of boarding schools was …”Children were away from home
Children learned to read
Children were