Black girl expelled over hairstyle; School policy blasted

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59. Well, that's a not nice interpretation. I was speaking of it objectively.

I grew up in Catholic Land, so am very familiar with it. All churches are about control...it IS about a deity, after all. But the Catholic Church is more regimented,ritualistic, and has more of a heirarchy. This can actually be comforting to people, since it leaves less open to question. If a person does this and that, then he can enter Heaven, cleansed of sin. That sort of thing. It's also pleasant for some to go through the rituals.

The Catholic Church is loose about dress for mass during the week. They welcome people stopping by on a whim to participate in mass, whether they're dressed for blue collar work or whatever. But Catholic schools are different, and are very strict about dress and behavior, as they seek to teach kids to adhere to rules, be moral, focus on the Church and studies instead of more superficial things, etc. This is where parents send misbehaving kids to straighten them out. Some kids do find a sense of security in all the rules. There is the thinking that having too much discretion is not good for kids; it's hard to handle, until you get older. Anyway, everyone knows the deal about those schools. They are strict & regimented. If you want your kid to express herself, get into art, be more liberal, you don't send your kid to a Catholic school! Or a Jewish school, for that matter. Also a regimented environment.