Get your kids out of government schools

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Quis_UtDeus said:
Being constantly told about the Black Legend, about how the Church hated scientific advancement, how it’s regressive and oppressive and Luther was a hero, etc.
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I went to public school, and I didn’t hear that stuff at all. I suppose it might depend on the school.
 
Gertabelle said:
Well, if we’re just sharing personal anecdotes,
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There is a good point here. The title of this thread assumes all public schools are really bad. There is no one answer that fits every part of the country. Our public schools here may not be as bad as elsewhere. There sure is not push to keep Christianity out, that’s for sure. To the extent the First Amendment limits them, the at least don’t go the other way with humanism, moral relativism, and modern gender theory.
 
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I suppose I had very biased teachers then, mainly in the history and philosophy classes.
 
A lot of teachers I had in public school, in the academic subjects were Jews and maybe they have less animosity to the Catholic Church- particularly as we were a fairly large part of the student body. And since I don’t know of a single Jewish student in high school, why would they pick a fight without allies.
 
This is in the U.S.? I have to say that wasn’t my experience of my kids’ public school at all. The teachers were mostly church-going people whose values were reflected in their classrooms. Not with specific proselytizing, but with strong moral character.
 
Yep, parental bullying and conflict are also problems, especially when only a few families control everything.

I will add that I personally haven’t experienced any parental bullying but I can definitely see the amount of control certain families have in the various schools.
 
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I was about to ask the same thing…?? Honestly, those are subjects most public schools can’t touch. I know it’s nothing I’ve ever heard and I went to public schools (and my wife has been teaching in them for almost 20 years).

What part of the world was this school in???
 
ColorMomma said:
Some of the worst bullying I’ve ever seen was by parents in a Catholic school.
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The worst bullying I ever encountered was not at school, or among children, but by a group of Catholic church ladies, self-styled “Christian Mothers”, who so sadistically berated our pastor at a parish meeting that he went home and had a stroke.
 
Yeah then it might be specific to me then since most of my teachers were skeptics, jewish, or nones
 
AndrewAxland said:
a group of Catholic church ladies, self-styled “Christian Mothers”, who so sadistically berated our pastor at a parish meeting that he went home and had a stroke.
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Dealing with irate parents is part of the whole education racket, and always has been. Really, with his other details, the parish priest should have someone else serve as principal of the parish school to take that kind of heat
 
I’m right there with you. I was all over the place with what I wanted to do post high school. College was so thoroughly ingrained in me and shoved down my throat that I never questioned whether it was the right thing to do.
 
Aren’t history and social studies still required subject areas in public schools?
 
Um…ya, but talking about the “black legend” and anything to do with the Catholic church (especially anything saying it’s anti-science) isn’t part of the curriculum…and saying that public schools are calling Luther a hero is laughable. Again, I’ve never seen that as part of any history or social studies curriculum.

You have?
 
Well, I went to Catholic school for 10 years and would never send my kids there.

First, the secular education is good but the facilities are terrible.

Second, there are just as many bad apples in Catholic school as public - if not more.
For example, my neighbor took her kids out of the local Catholic school when they were told killing Muslims was a good thing. I’m still upset about my Catholic school teacher teaching the Civil War was justified because it was about state’s rights not slavery - even though the confederate declarations of war specifically reference slavery. I’m just saying there are bad apples in both school systems.

Third, the Church is too anti-science.
 
LateCatholic said:
Third, the Church is too anti-science.
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Um, anti-science? Catholic children aren’t allowed to collect rocks and study them? The Catechism forbids peering at the stars through a telescope? Vatican II instigated a ban on entomology? Also, do I need to cancel my membership to the local science museum? Or would confession to my priest suffice? 😉
 
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