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MineralMan

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13. No problem. I just wanted to point out that individual schools

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 11:23 AM

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have their own cultures. It is not that they are operated by religions, either. Secular private schools have similar differences. Some are excellent and teach outstanding social and ethical values. Others are ugly places, full of people who promote ugly ideas.

I'm not a fan of schools like the one you described or ones like Covington. They're far too common out there, and produce mean, bigoted people from their student bodies.

I was a public school kid. There were no private schools in my small California home town. I was lucky, in that my schools promoted excellent citizenship and were almost devoid of bullies.

Different public schools, like private schools, also exist. It's all a leadership thing, I believe.

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I'm a practicing Catholic who went to a "Catholic" high school. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 OP

Just what Catholic Schools need to produce are people with a feeling democratisphere Jan 2019 #1

Many use Catholic Schools in lieu of Military Academies because of price, but for the same reason. olegramps Jan 2019 #15

Thank you for bring up that point. Didn't know, but it makes democratisphere Jan 2019 #16

Unless you are Steve Bannon, then you go to a Catholic Military school... Anon-C Jan 2019 #28

Sure..Stephen Miller and Donald Trump avoided Catholic schools whathehell Jan 2019 #17

Similar in my home town zipplewrath Jan 2019 #2

I used to work with a woman I referred to as "Uber Catholic" luvs2sing Jan 2019 #3

"Catholic school kids are mean." Told to me by an adult whose children all MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #4

Again I think it's a "dumping ground" mentality Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #5

My experience was largely the same. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #6

Patriarchy has some fundamental issues. Achilleaze Jan 2019 #7

My son had this experience in grammar school. He transferred from public LeftInTX Jan 2019 #8

I find the Covington's students behavior worse than what most of our local Catholic schools. LeftInTX Jan 2019 #9

I'm pretty sure Catholic schools run the full gamut of types. MineralMan Jan 2019 #10

Good point. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #11

That's a fair point. I don't mean to overgeneralize. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #12

No problem. I just wanted to point out that individual schools MineralMan Jan 2019 #13

Thanks For Getting That ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #44

Thank you hueymahl Jan 2019 #19

I agree mgardener Jan 2019 #43

I lasted one quarter at a Catholic High school. My first quarter at high school. ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #14

I know we're having a "let's all demonize catholic schools" moment whathehell Jan 2019 #18

Same experiences here at an all-boys Catholic HS in the '70s TechNerd Jan 2019 #20

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This has nothing to do with being Catholic. Basic reading comprehension there, buddy. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #23

Again. Basic Reading Comprehension. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #25

3, 2, 1... sarisataka Jan 2019 #24

The scary thing is that person saw that video and saw those kids commit those vile acts Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #27

Boy, did they ever take a wrong turn. n/t GP6971 Jan 2019 #29

Exact opposite is true, you must be a republican Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #26

I went to a Catholic high school and a Catholic college. Squinch Jan 2019 #30

My Dad Wanted Me to Go To Catholic School AnnieBW Jan 2019 #31

I'm a practicing Catholic who went to a "Catholic" high school. PRE Vatican 2 AND............... MRDAWG Jan 2019 #32

I too am a practicing Catholic Snoopy 7 Jan 2019 #33

Was your school single gender? lapucelle Jan 2019 #34

Me, too. I liked my Catholic school -- much more than the public pnwmom Jan 2019 #37

I wonder if the fact that it is a single gender school might also be a factor. N/T lapucelle Jan 2019 #38

Well, I loved my girls school. pnwmom Jan 2019 #39

Reading this makes me forever grateful that I attended the Detroit Public School system MrScorpio Jan 2019 #35

Not me! I went to public through 8th grade and middle school was awful. pnwmom Jan 2019 #36

Same. Quayblue Jan 2019 #40

Back in '65 my school's nuns and priests marched with MLK: Selma to Montgomery. YOHABLO Jan 2019 #41

Nuns drove us to D.C. so we could talk to legislators about getting out of Vietnam. n/t pnwmom Jan 2019 #42