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To: Prov1322
Local parish school in Philly. Classes “taught” by nuns (Sisters of St Joseph) who had no training in education. Class sizes of 50+ with one nun and no assistant. “Textbooks” that were 15-20 years out of date. Discipline was far more important than content. Survived.

I bet that at least your nuns had English as a First Language!

Regards,

162 posted on 02/24/2018 12:57:08 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek
I bet that at least your nuns had English as a First Language!

Well...their first language was either yardstick or pointer!

A few were very heavy Irish brogue but all were primary English speakers...after the yardstick/pointer, of course.

189 posted on 02/24/2018 9:11:38 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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