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ismnotwasm

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14. I lasted one quarter at a Catholic High school. My first quarter at high school.

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 11:34 AM

Jan 2019

My Mom converted to Catholicism and I got baptized when I was around 12, but it never “took”. Anyway while I remember the hazing, I also didn’t understand it, didn’t understand the school. Why would someone use a squirt gun to shoot vinegar at somebody you don’t even know?

I know it’s not just Catholic HS’s that indulge in hazing

I was a very troubled kid, and I just ended up taking off. Which is better than some of my more destructive impulses at middle school.

The kids seemed like kids anywhere, the adults were the same, just a mixture of good and bad. From what I’m reading, I’m very glad I didn’t last. I didn’t fit in whatsoever, but I didn’t fit in anywhere but the streets at that time of my life.

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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

Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #21

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