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In reply to the discussion: This is catholic schools week [View all]Retrograde
(10,133 posts)9. I spent 12 years in Catholic schools
The first 8 were mediocre, on a par with the local public school. The 4 years of high school were pretty much the best available for girls in the city, and much better than the public high school I would have attended. This being New York State in the 1960s, the high school adhered to the NY Regents standards for core courses (e.g., English, history, math, sciences) and we took the state-wide Regents exams every year. We even had a decent sex education program (OK, it was slanted towards Catholic views on sex before marriage (i.e., NO), but it covered the biological aspects of reproduction in great depth. And the instructor was pregnant, so at least she had some experience). It was a far cry from today's charter schools.
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I had a very different experience in Catholic high school in the late 70s / early 80s
Mrs. Overall
Feb 2017
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