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What’s So Frightening about Parochial Schools?

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Posted By: Moritz55, 1/8/2022 11:18:19 AM

I work at a high school where the majority of the students are from inner-city Milwaukee. They are confronted almost daily with some form of dysfunction, depravity, or violence. One day, some of my students challenged me as to why they should put a lot of effort into their studies when, from their perspective, the outlook for their futures looked bleak. I reminded them that God doesn’t want them to live in poverty or hopelessness. Rather, as stated in Proverbs 13, He wants them to live lives of prosperity, generosity and leave a legacy, which is possible if we follow His plan. I was able to share aspects

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Reply 1 - Posted by: columba 1/8/2022 11:29:18 AM (No. 1032176)
I attended a Catholic school for 5,6,7,8,9,10 & 11th grade. I never would have known how valuable that was until I walked into a University of California campus and was told that (based on my high school classes) I would not have to pass an entrance exam. I completed a BA and then an MS. Just for fun then a PhD. God is surprisingly good.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Heil Liberals 1/8/2022 11:30:29 AM (No. 1032178)
The kids might actually get an education. That scares them to death.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: HerbVA 1/8/2022 11:45:52 AM (No. 1032197)
I love the part about the claim parochial school indoctrinate mindless drones. Lord help us, if anyone IS an indoctrinated mindless drone, it’s the cretins running and “teaching” in government schools.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: bamapreacher 1/8/2022 11:49:53 AM (No. 1032204)
In Milwaukee it won't be long before that school will be forced to hand out Korans with (or even instead) of Bibles.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: velirotta 1/8/2022 11:56:49 AM (No. 1032215)
FTA: "These parochial school critics don’t want to pay for a school to teach any religion (other than Atheism)." That's exactly correct. "Woke" theory is as much a matter of "faith" (although seriously twisted) as the faith these parents adamantly insist on. My advice: Keep on fighting the good fight with everything you've got.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: abuela10 1/8/2022 11:57:06 AM (No. 1032216)
I went to Catholic school for 12 years, sent my six kids to 12 years of same . my grandkids are attending catholic schools as well and are receiving an education despite the pandemic. What I don't understand is why the Church isn't promoting their excellent results and why they arent pushing congress to pass school choice laws.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bamboozle 1/8/2022 12:12:09 PM (No. 1032238)
What's so frightening? The very idea that any child would grow up knowing any God beyond the liberal state, that's what.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Roscoelewis 1/8/2022 12:26:17 PM (No. 1032260)
At the end of the day, a school is only as good as the students that enroll in it. Ultimately, student and school success have little to do with the schools themselves and everything to do with the families from where the students originate. Money has never been, nor will it ever be, the solution to public education.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 1/8/2022 12:28:46 PM (No. 1032263)
I attended a Catholic school for one year, in later years of grade school, in a very small town with extremely bad government schools. I learned a good bit about the Catholic religion, got a good education and look back at it as a positive experience. The next year was in a different, larger city, hundreds of miles away, and I got a pretty good education there, too, in the government school. But, today's government schools have become leftist, anti-American, and becoming anti-white indocrination centers with very little education in actual school subjects going on. I hope that private schools of many types can fill in the gap where the destructive government schools have harmed children.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Illinois Mom 1/8/2022 12:31:55 PM (No. 1032268)
My entire family going way back are products of Catholic schools as were our children. Many times when I would write a check the cashier would say "You went to Catholic school didn't you?" they could tell by my penmanship. The first paper I turned in in college had a note attached thanking me for my spelling, punctuation, content and footnotes and report cover. He said he hadn't seen that in years. I wouldn't dare present an important report any other way. We received such a well rounded education in all the usual subjects as well as, Latin, Music, Art and Mythology, all served up in a curriculum that was faith centered. We were taught that doing our best work served God and our own best interest. Every kid, regardless of race or ethnicity, was was held to exactly the same standard. The good Sister's from grade school, and the Monk's of my high school years served me very well. I would stack my grade school education up against any college/ university today.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: TurtleDove 1/8/2022 12:52:24 PM (No. 1032292)
"The Milwaukee Public Schools in large part are failing urban youth and parents are desperately seeking alternatives." That sentence would be true of ANY / ALL medium to large city in the USA. Parochial schools have SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER HS completion & college entrance rates than ANY public system in the country. Why wouldn't parents want that for their kids?!?!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: excalgalcg 1/8/2022 1:24:55 PM (No. 1032316)
I had 8 years of Catholic School learning and much later, I went to college after my two kids were in college and decided to get a BA. I had to write an essay as an entry to the college I chose. I received the essay back with its acceptance comments that were written in red ink, “did you attend a Catholic school?” My first job teaching was in a Catholic school where I remained for 20plus years. We had students from all walks of life and whose parents wanted their children to have a good, solid education. They got one from us. God was always part of the curriculum and the necessity of learning how to get along with one another. I treasured those years.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: bpl40 1/8/2022 2:08:57 PM (No. 1032347)
To the teacher's union the most frightening thing is that they actually teach Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Faith in God.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: danu 1/8/2022 5:05:08 PM (No. 1032500)
We little muppets have the Catholic teaching orders to thank for graduating--with highly - advanced degrees. Pro tip: on how to tell who went to government schools: they absobloodylutely cannot spell.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: MDConservative 1/8/2022 5:16:23 PM (No. 1032509)
FTA: "They’ve heard our civic leaders shouting “Reform! Reform! Reform!” for decades but have seen no change. If anything, the situation has only gotten worse. Our public schools are low-performing, bloated with administrators and red tape, and are becoming increasingly violent." Parents long ago sold their parentage to the schools and the unions. They wanted values taught - and those values turned out different from the ones they may have preferred. But, still, juniorette has to be somewhere 16 hours a day while her parent(s) worked. And because of the overregulation of child care, costs are extreme. Grandma or the neighbor lady aren't good enough these days to watch kids. Pre-K/12 education is first and foremost a warehouse to keep kids off the streets from morning to evening. And public schools are "free". It was always interesting to se how one of the best public school systems in Maryland handled "problems." Education came in three tiers: Advanced Placement, General Ed, the Leftovers. The Advanced kids did well. The General Ed kids got what they put into it. Both these received diplomas at graduation. The Leftovers were essentially written off, just don't make trouble. When their four years were up, if they behaved and came more often than not, they received a "Certificate of Completion", to the joy of their families.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: thatsomewhereplace 1/8/2022 9:58:30 PM (No. 1032706)
I, too, went to a Catholic grade school. To this day, I remember how my 4th grade Sister Honora (about 4 fr. tall) taught the multiplication tables. Or the Sister whose hair kept coming out of her habit. All the little love things I received. Very fond memories. Studies were instilled. Now, today I wonder. Once upon a time Catholic schools that received federal money could not teach certain subjects. It seems to me that this practice has ceased. I hope so. These schools are the future for students.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: mifla 1/10/2022 5:21:55 AM (No. 1033685)
As a product of Catholic gradeschool, I must confess (no pun intended) that my first reaction to the headline was "Nuns". That being said, I thank God every day I did not attend public schools.
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