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I too attended Catholic School. Grades 4 thru 8 were spent at St Kilian School. (The St Kilian that I attended is a small one that is not open any more, and that is indeed a shame. It was a good school.)It was a good solid education, and I am happy that I had the chance to attend. I did not like the discipline, but I still do not like ANY kind of discipline. I also learned that when someone tries to lay a guilt trip on you, you just make believe that you are paying attention, and taking it all in, but you really don't have to believe EVERY word that was spoken. You are allowed to make up your own mind. The ability to think for myself, and reason things out is the greatest gift I received from that little school. I also learned much about religion, and liked what I learned. As I grew older, I used what I had learned combined with the ability to think for myself to form a relationship with my Creator. I do not worship quite the way the Church might want me to, but The Good Lord and I get along just fine, and I try to live the way He would want me to. People who bad mouth Catholic Schools may have attended one that did not have the same quality teachers that I was blessed with, or, they may have just been a little too dense to learn what was really being taught. You will hear no bashing of Catholic Schools from this guy!
