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Darog the Badger God said
Well, that's an image that is both hillarious and creepy.

That's pretty much my childhood in so many words.

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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.

At my school, we sang and danced to This at our morning assemblies,

As you listen, imagine an auditorium full of about two-hundred kids with varying degrees of coordination, none of whom were fully awake, shuffling awkwardly as this song suggested. When the guys said "chacha now, y'all" we were allowed to take creative license in our dance moves. I usually stood stark-still with my hands jammed in my pockets as the mass of awkward bodies writhed disturbingly around me.

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.

That's good to hear. It's pretty refreshing. Then again, for all their Dogma, the Catholic church is actually rather good at adapting with the world. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

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Hank said
Maybe I should.

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8 said

What about in your actual history class? Were the religions of the past discussed at all? And how was science handled?

Also, I recognized a few of the lyrics, but didn't quite connect the dots.

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Halo said
Crazy rambling

Good morning. Also, what is your deal?

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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.

I do, actually. Not sure why I'm so curious. I find it interesting to sort of 'compare childhoods' if you know what I mean. (That~ sounded kind of weird when proofreading.)

I actually always wished my schools had uniforms. For some reason, I always enjoyed the look of them. The trendier ones anyway. Now, you mentioned Religion class. I'm assuming that wasn't a study of general past religions, but rather Judeo-Christian belief studies. Was it like a Bible Study? Also, did you study other culture's deities in history?

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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.

Was it much different?

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8 said
Yeah, what do you mean even?

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.

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Hank said
Boy, Mahz sure has done a brilliant job bringing back all the features we used to have.

Maybe you should remake the site.