Get your kids out of government schools

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The children pose a larger threat then the teaching itself. It is especially dangerous when some Catholics don’t know the faith that well, and it could lead to all sorts of spiritual maladies.
 
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As a student in a government school, I agree with this message. This type of schooling for children isn’t in accord with natural law, and more often than not it leads to moral corruption. I’m almost done thankfully.
 
We cannot say this and then have Catholic schools with the tuition they charge these days.

I don’t know what the solution is, but telling someone in today’s economy to homeschool or spend money they don’t have on private school is absurd.
 
Christians cannot continue to look the other way at the agit-prop of the government schools.
 
In my diocese Catholic school tuition is free provided that the parents are tithing a fixed percent of their income to the parish.
 
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How does competition reduce the salary burden on a private school that is completely funded by tax revenue when that revenue stream isn’t present? Many Catholic schools charge just enough tuition to cover costs; it’s not a corporate profit model.
 
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And the poor can go to the bad schools and the rich to the good schools, which will be reflected in the cost of tuition.
 
Most catholic schools I know about aren’t making a ton of money. Tuition covers operating costs and not much beyond it.
 
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How does competition reduce the salary burden on a private school that is completely funded by tax revenue when that revenue stream isn’t present? Many Catholic schools charge just enough tuition to cover costs; it’s not a corporate profit model.
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And most Catholic school teachers are paid just above the poverty level.

Articles like this one just tick me off.

I teach in a public elementary school. My son attends a public charter school. I defend the rights of parents and freedom of religion and respect for the USA. My son’s high school respects our family’s religion and the teachers teach the curriculum, not some agenda.

This sort of doomsday rubbish just adds more anxiety and frustration to those of us who are busting our buns day in and day out to educate the youth of America, especially the poor who simply do not have the option of sending their children to a private school, or even a charter school if no transportation is provided.

As a teacher, I have enough stress from every petty politician acting like they know better than the teachers who actually work in the classroom and with families.

Please don’t add to that stress by talking about the few bad apples as if they are the norm. That would be like saying the entire Catholic Church should be judged by the clerics who abused children! 😠

I need to get some sleep. My brain is exhausted after teaching eight classes, learning that I have to take an additional course to renew my license (the state changed their requirements this week), and sitting in a dark and silent class with 23 seconds graders for 25 minutes while the school ran it’s semi-annual lock-down drill.

Because not only do I give my everything to my students everyday, I would also lay down my life protecting them.

But go ahead and post articles accusing me of destroying youth – and I am NOT part of some tiny minority in the public schools! Send me a PM and I will invite you to spend a week getting to know the freaking awesome teachers and family advocates that work in my school district!

Seriously, I need to get to bed.
 
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My son has always gone to a Catholic school, and while it’s definitely better than public, I can tell you Catholic schools these days are mostly just Catholic identity schools. The faith is taught poorly, and a large percentage of students and families don’t go to church, both at elementary an high school level. The kids do many of the same things public school kids did when I was in school- sex, pot, alcohol. There are very few truly Catholic schools these days, even though they exist. In the entire diocese of San Diego, for example, I’m aware of one with a good rep. Unfortunately that’s not where my son went.
 
This article is good, but I think it ignores the larger perspective, that the role models and customs of youth culture are deeply wicked. Beyoncé and the sort of filth around college campus’ have several degrees more influence over children than anything a public school teacher says, and peer pressure easily cements the influence all together.

Heck, I think a parent’s views still have more hold of a child in many ways then a teacher’s, which should give many of us some hope.

Christ pax.
 
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Heck, I think a parent’s views still have more hold of a child in many ways then a teacher’s, which should give many of us some hope.
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We have a winner!!!

Nearly every complaint or concern mentioned in the article or in a comment here is more a function of parenting than it is of schooling. It’s just a sign of the times, perhaps. All of the “dangers” of public schools or shortcomings of Catholic schools could be overcome with a dose of good parenting.
 
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