David deBelle, is the current principle at Lawrence Heights, he talks about how due to the location of the school kids don't feel safe. The number one priority for any school anywhere in the world is safety, that's what makes kids want to come to school and learn. Davids talks about how one of the schools staff members was a victim of gun violence when her 15 year old son was shot on his was home from tutoring lessons. David and other staff members at Lawrence heights, regularly patrol the halls in order to make the students feel reassured. This is how Toronto has failed teachers, students, and parents.
Considering everyone looks at Toronto as a huge city of opportunities. An obvious issue with Toronto is our horrible bus service. To think we have one of the biggest cities in the world, and one of the biggest populations, we don’t have enough buses. Waiting for the bus when it’s freezing cold outside is the worst thing, and then having the bus come and then be fully packed is even worse. I think that if our government wants to take a lot of money from their citizens, there should be some improvements. Bus fare, and the prices for metro passes are on a rise and one would assume that there would be better bus service, but clearly there has not been any. The beautiful thing about Toronto, is that we have a very diverse and multicultural environment. You would think that since Toronto is so multicultural, there wouldn’t be such a great amount of racism, but sadly we do. It’s sad to think that as a black female, as I walk into stores I still get followed and looked at very differently just because of my race. I would assume because we have so many different cultures and backgrounds in this one big city, these things wouldn’t happen.
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