Did any of you attend Catholic school

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I went to a convent for 3 years ,
They were my happiest,
1 years at a Brothers College which was by far the worst year ever , the rest was public schooling
 
Mixed male/female school, very briefly, I loved it. Hated going back to public school, where I was abused physically by a teacher.
 
Ohh nooo!

I’m so sorry to hear about the physical abuse by the teacher, Adam…☹️

That’s horrible! 🙁
 
It’s a long story. Basically, they wouldn’t fire her because she was old. Mind you I am ASD and this was AFTER my diagnosis. The Catholic school legitimately tried to help me. If I am ever blessed with children, they will either be homes schooled or go to Catholic school.
 
I understand…

I’m glad things were better when you went to Catholic school.
 
Attended mixed Catholic school and first time I heard a nun swear! She was not really cut out for teaching, and later excelled in community work. Then during my teen’s went to a single sex Catholic High School which I didn’t really enjoy and moved later to a school closer to home.
 
I attended co-ed Catholic school from 1st grade all the way through college. My 1st-12th grades were in small, rural community, where “everyone knew everyone.” And the only reason that I did not attend a Catholic preschool or kindergarten is because it was not available at the time. It was a true blessing to be able to have that opportunity my whole life.

Now I work with Catholic schools and it makes me so happy to see that the schools are well-loved and have excellent standards in our diocese. I know that no school is perfect, but I’m proud to be a Catholic school alum.
 
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I went to a parish coed grammar school for 8 years and then attended an all-girls high school run by the Sisters of Notre Dame.
 
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I went to a Catholic coed grammar school, pre-Vatican II…Ursuline nuns…underpaid, very dedicated, lay teachers…huge class size [average room held 50-55 students, compared to 22 in public school]…three classrooms per grade level…priests who knew every child by name…they must have done something right - we had three future priests and two future nuns in our graduating class…
 
I went to a Catholic coed grammar school from 1-8 taught by the Franciscan nuns and coed Catholic High School also taught by the Franciscan nuns and several lay teachers. I loved it and loved the nuns, even the ones who corrected me with a swat or other punishment.
 
Typical day in elementary school started with Mass. I didn’t appreciate it back then. Boy, I regret it now. I would give anything to be able to attend daily Mass… Then we would have regular school with recess on a blacked-topped parking lot used for Sunday parking. We played games like chase and Red Rover (for a while till the sisters got scared we were going to get hurt) Crack the whip (also stopped after it became evident it could be dangerous.) Then back inside for tough curriculum. If we had a test and didn’t get a passing grade we took the paper home for parents to sign. I became a forger-er in second grade… but not much after that!!! Because we had to go to the convent to get it straightened OUT!
 
PART II-- I was lucky (should say Blessed) to be part of the Children’s choir. We sang the Requiem Mass for parishioners who passed away. It was beautiful, even for me as a child. I still love the music. That wasn’t all we sang, though. Christmas Mass and Easter Mass are forever in my mind as a taste of Heaven with the music. So, part of the day was sometimes practice for programs and Mass.
We always lined up behind Sister to go to the rest room or lunch room or playground, and she had eyes in the back of her head. I got swatted several times for cutting up with the girls beside/behind/before me in line…
 
As I got older… there was lots of studying and lots of socializing. That’s why I loved school. If I happened to stay home I was given dishes and pots and pans to scrub… Clothes to fold or sort for washing… beds to make. Meals to prepare for 7. Looking back, of course, those were the good ole days.
At school I could be free from household drudgery. The curriculum must have been more than adequate. I remember long division and diagramming sentences. The teachers were very strict. Long division was hard for me at first and Sister made me stand at the blackboard for an hour until I “got it!” but you know what? I did get it, like lightning striking a tree! I got it and it was so easy after that!
Again when I went to college lots of students had to start out in Bone-head English or Bone-head Math but not I… I was very happy that those nuns had been so stern in their teaching…
 
For those who attended an all girls or all boys boarding Catholic school, did they have events where members of the opposite sex were on campus?
 
No, and when the boys school moved n down the road, so did a big high fence. No one was allowed near it.
 
I didn’t attend boarding school, but there were social events that we could attend at the boy’s Catholic high schools in the area, like dances.

I didn’t attend most of them, only because I didn’t have a ride to get there.

I did end up going to one of the dances at one of the boy’s schools, with one of my girl friends when we were seniors and getting ready to graduate. She didn’t attend my school with me as a student, but the dance was open to everyone and we went together and had fun. 🙂

I remember that we just had a happy time. The dance was in the school gym and it was a “Sock Hop,” so we were wearing socks so that we could take our shoes off so that we could dance with our socks on. LOL! 😁
 
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