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HoneyBadger

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36. I never went, but plenty in my family did

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2017, 09:39 PM

Feb 2017

The Catholic school education is subpar in my opinion, based on college exmissions. There are exceptions, the school that Lady Gaga went to being one of the few.

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This is catholic schools week [View all] gopiscrap Feb 2017 OP

Hold them to standards. HassleCat Feb 2017 #1

Agreed! gopiscrap Feb 2017 #2

My experience with Lutheran school mirrors this exactly. erinlough Feb 2017 #3

I have heard that. gopiscrap Feb 2017 #4

I see it as more a matter of fighting FOR public education pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #5

Whoa! This post brought back memories! logosoco Feb 2017 #6

In reality in spite of what the fucking nuns said gopiscrap Feb 2017 #7

I was raised Catholic and did those classes pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #10

The art, logosoco Feb 2017 #13

I admired the priests of my childhood parish at Our Lady of Peace pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #17

I'm a proud agnostic graduate of a Catholic high school. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #8

I spent 12 years in Catholic schools Retrograde Feb 2017 #9

I only spent four years... meaculpa2016 Feb 2017 #11

As far as the academic part of the education was concerned, gopiscrap Feb 2017 #15

I attended a privatate parochial school... meaculpa2016 Feb 2017 #30

+ rug Feb 2017 #35

We do need to make sure that tax dollars do not go for religious training Caliman73 Feb 2017 #12

Really? GeorgeGist Feb 2017 #14

My daughter will attend a Catholic High School next year sarisataka Feb 2017 #16

and just think how much better the public schools would be gopiscrap Feb 2017 #18

I never knew I was sarisataka Feb 2017 #23

My wife has worked 16 years in private and 20 years in public school gopiscrap Feb 2017 #24

wow I was expecting tales of brutality starshine00 Feb 2017 #19

trust me we were gopiscrap Feb 2017 #20

so sorry to hear that starshine00 Feb 2017 #21

yeah everytime they were about to hit me I always said: gopiscrap Feb 2017 #22

The waterboarders are amateurs compared to nuns with rulers pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #25

No kidding gopiscrap Feb 2017 #28

Most fellow atheists I know IRL survived Catholic school, as did I Warpy Feb 2017 #26

You are so right! snacker Feb 2017 #27

I went to a wonderful Catholic high school, but I don't think public funds pnwmom Feb 2017 #29

I had a very different experience in Catholic high school in the late 70s / early 80s Mrs. Overall Feb 2017 #31

I believe in fully funding public schools SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2017 #32

Apparently you never learned anecdotal evidence is not evidence. rug Feb 2017 #33

My first measure of a religious school is their biology classes. Evolution or not? hunter Feb 2017 #34

I never went, but plenty in my family did HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #36

k r UTUSN Feb 2017 #37