The reality with this issue is that the present day knowledge, shaped by media, has far exceeded the facts. This is a good example of why no one trusts media anymore. Very few people know anything about residential schools. Most of the people who know about residential schools see them as a present source of money from taxpayers. It's difficult to find "truth" in that environment. Money tends to distort truth. No one gets any money if they say they got a good education and a job and moved off the reserve, because of residential schools. I know a lot of these people, and what I read in the media doesn't fit what I know from my personal experience. This wouldn't be the first time in the last few decades that the media line wasn't accurate.