8 said
Brings back memories of Catholic school.
8 said
Brings back memories of Catholic school.
Derpestein said
I went to a Christian school when I was younger.
I was like, one of the 5% in the school, aka atheists.
Lucian said
Did you really go to Catholic School?
8 said
Yeah, what do you mean even?
Hank said
GOOD FOR FUCKING YOU
Lucian said
Nothing, there wasn't meant to be an undertone there, it's just alien to me. I'm not even sure if my town has one.
8 said
Oh, huh. That's strange that you didn't have one. I was planned to have Catholic schooling my whole life, from preschool all the way to college (Notre Dame). Then I switched to a public school and we stopped going to church. Dunno what the fuck happened.
Lucian said
Was it much different?
8 said
Not really. There were more students and it was much more diverse. Didn't have to wear a uniform anymore so I never understood why people complained about the dress code. Didn't have to take an hour out of each school day to attend mass, or observe religious holidays like Lent. No more religion class either. The students were poorer, because most Catholic schools are expensive to attend with the cost of uniforms and tuition. Teachers (and the staff/administration in general) paid less attention to the class, and students were subsequently more rowdy.Basically what you'd expect the differences to be. I'm glad I had the experience of going there, I think it helped build me up to be a more mature and respectful person. That being said, I am now Atheist. Things don't really stick too well in a young mind and later on once I started public school, I started forming my own thoughts about all that, and eventually concluded that I was Atheist. Happy to answer any other questions you might have about it, if you care.
Halo said
Crazy rambling
Lucian said
Good morning. Also, what is your deal?
8 said
Lucian said What about in your actual history class? Were the religions of the past discussed at all? And how was science handled?
Halo said
Actually, I didn't attend a "Christian" school. Normal schools are like that here in Britain - everyone, regardless of religious faith, sings those hymns in primary school (up 'til you're about 12). I went to private school for a couple years and they had to sing them in high school too. As I remember it, my primary school religious education was very Christianity-focused as well. The payoff is that once you get to high school it's much more multicultural and pluralistic.
8 said
Contrary to popular belief, it's not much different than public school. We learned about dinosaurs and geology and all that normal stuff, if a student asked a question about how it conflicted with Catholicism it would usually be answered with something about how we believe something that wasn't the mainstream, so things would be a bit different. It wasn't oppressive or anything, they didn't force beliefs down our throat.Take this with a grain of salt, it was around 10 years ago and I don't remember everything too clearly.