That was me, exactly. CCD wasn't important, because my grades didn't matter to colleges.
I was impressed by the witness of the few remaining sisters, but the catechesis had been watered down by the early 70s.
By the time I graduated HS, I was thoroughly confused, simultaneously holding Jesus and Mick Jagger as heroes. I spent my 20s trying (successfully) to figure out what had happened in the preceding 20. This was a grace.
Sadly, many people.never figure it.out, or even worse, don't know that something was done to their heads. That's the worst legacy of compulsory schooling.
When I mentioned to a peer, post graduation, that I was troubled by the contradictions of school, she responded, "you thought too much." Yup, that's what she said. I was dumbfounded.
This blindness is often clearly evident in the posts found on these schooling threads. The posters are completely unaware that their brains have been scrambled.
Voddie Bauchman states in the video that this indoctrination is plainly seen just in the questions that are posed to homeschoolers. They are like fish swimming in government school water. They don't see the godless government school indoctrination they are swimming in.
The day for these children starts off with an early morning rush, 6 or more hours confined to school, one to two hours confined to a school bus, and then they have as much **HOMEwork** in the evening as my homeschoolers did all day.
I observe that the institutionalized children are **desperate** for play time. Coming to church cuts into their already severely restricted play time. Gee! No wonder they are sullen, resentful, withdrawn, mostly silent, give grudging monosyllabic responses to adults, and have that 20 degree off-centered stare.
I suspect that the children with whom I work have many of the social and behavior characteristics of prisoners.