>>There is no other place better equipped for success than Catholic Schools. <<
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Are you crazy? I did my eight years in Catholic Schools, the went to PS and turned everyone on to my Catholic dope suppliers. Catholics schools are great for the first four years. After that, they are the same as public schools, except for one thing, if you are the target in Catholic school, you have eight years of it.
Some of the worst kids I know are in Catholic School.
That being said, Catholic Homeschoolers are successful.
Mass everyday and good Catholic upbringing. A Catholic HOME is the place that best equips kids.
Meet my 6th grade CATHOLIC school daughter and her friends and then get back to me. They are some of the sweetest kids you’ll ever know.
I know you would throw a hissy fit if someone used the broad brush against all homeschoolers, and so would I. I love homeschooling. I have homeschooled. I have friends who do it.
Like a lot of homeschooling families, we sacrifice a lot to give our kids a good education. Why in the world do homeschoolers want to turn on the good private schools out there? My husband and I are actively involved in both the school and the church.
I spent 9 years in Catholic schools and can’t remember any of the stuff you described. It may have been 20 years ago, but I remember it fondly. I’m not saying there are no problematic Catholic schools—I know there are (I can think of one in our town even, which is why my kids aren’t there). Ours is a good conservative parish with full attendance at several Masses each weekend, Perpetual Adoration, long lines at confession, larger families, and several young men preparing for the priesthood. They went to the Catholic school associated with our church. I guess that makes them damaged goods in your eyes.
But then again, if it makes you feel good to smugly sit behind your computer and look down at the rest of us poor schmucks with our kids in Catholic school, have at it. Just remember we are supposed to be on the same side. I guess we just don’t love our kids as much as you do. Must be wonderful to have the lock on perfection.
I did my eight years in Catholic Schools, the went to PS and turned everyone on to my Catholic dope suppliers//////
The catholic school in my itty bitty home town only went through 6th grade so the students would start 7th grade in the public school. I remember the first few days of 7th grade and the shock the catholic students gave me. They were so wild. We never had any problems until they showed up.