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I have an option of moving to Catholic school. But what benefits doI have there. Should i stay in Public school? In P. School i get distracted and screw and round and my grades are shi* so should i go there and be able to get my shi* straight?

Ive been going to catholic school my whole life, I have a 94 average, not bragging, but I personally think the academic expectations of a catholic school are higher, here anyways.

I love it here too
They also offer alot of extra courses and such

yea but theres lotta smart ppl in my public school.....actually only a few wat about other ppl in your school? Whats the percentage of smart ppl and such

well out of 200 grade 11's or so, there's 75 or so with an 80 average or so

better grades then but what about the ppl there are they stuckup? my cuz told me at his private school they are

Not that I know of, it's kinda a priveledged school though and everyone is kinda the same
The uniforms alone are very expensive for it

Maybe the grades are higher because the marking is a little more liberal. Just a thought. You make of your education what you make of it. Wherever you go it will always remain if you study harder you get better grades.

I never attended catholic school, so my experience is limited. I did however date quite a few girls from catholic school while I was in public school, and I have to admit they must've been teaching the girls at the catholic school a different curriculum than they did at the public school if you know what I mean.

ROTFLMAO!!!!! hysterical

Grading scale at the Catholic high school I teach at, which btw is an accredited college prep school, if you score a 94 on a test you are already in the B range. Score in the low 80's and you've bought yourself a D. Anything below 71% is an F.


now make way for all the flaming thats sure to follow about religious schools period.

That sounds incredibly hard Jedi. Anyway I never been to a private school so I can't tell you which is better... but I can say that class size and school size matters. For me at least. The school I went to in 9th grade was only about 1000 or so kids and I was doing good. Then I moved back down to Florida, and down here my school is like 3000+ kids.. and it's a lot harder to keep up with my grades. It's just so easy to get distracted. So if the private school which you can go to is much smaller (which it probably is) it could help you.

other than the fact that they teach me catholicism its great... there r many extraprogramatic classes... teachers r usually old he have big ass librarys etc

Wow! Hard to believe that a grading scale can be so different than almost every other college, university or highschool in north america. What school is it at the you teach? I would love to research the placement of students and their successes at university. They must be astounding.

I've been to a Catholic school. It's overrated. The education is the same. The teachers do get payed less though. My Catholic school was very sheltered and very ignorant of the real world. They distorted a lot of facts to bolster their Catholic faith. Science was not taught well. We learned about animals and stuff, but biology was out of the question (they don't like evolution). They also had several programs that poorly addressed teenage issues. "If you have sex before marriage you go to hell." "Homosexuality is a sin. You'll go to hell (I felt sorry for Larry since he was gay. He had to listen to this everyday)." Abortion is a sin. You'll go to hell." Sex was poorly explained. "Don't do it till you are married." No discussion. Just that. Several books were banned because it was considered anti-christ. Harry Potter, When the Caged Bird Sings, and 1984 are a few books that were banned. Martin Luther King was not celebrated because, as my history teacher said, "his contributions to America aren't that important to have a day off." All in all, it was a poor environment for me. Ironically enough three of my classmates got pregnant. One had an abortion. Two kept the babies. Chrissa Yatel got scabies. We never learned about condoms or other forms of protection. Larry became clinically depressed. I don't know what happened to him. I really hope he is ok. Of our 50 students that supposedly had better education and better teachers, only 6 went to college. I went to Drew (I transfered to Cornell). The others went to Fairleigh Dickinson, Rutgers and Marist.

This was just my experience. I don't mean to offend or belittle anyone else on this board.

This was just my experience. I don't mean to offend

thats not wut my catholic school was like!
teachers were the same i learned about evolution, etc. u proly went to a nuns school

The best thing about Catholic schools are all of the girls with the catholic school girl outfit.

Actually I went to a K-8 Catholic school. I'm a guy so I can't be a nun. I'm glad your Catholic school was more modern than mine.

The skirts were not allowed either

Private schools are alot easier to get better grades in by my experience

Public school is much better, less strict and no stupid uniforms.

Well then what the **** is the point of even going to a catholic school, everyone knows the skirts are the driving force behind choosing to attend.

Uh...unity with God and Jesus and stuff?

I dont give that information out, but I can tell you that at our school, there are 278 students and
An approx. Faculty to student ratio of 1:11 with an average of 15-20 students per class
Student ACT scores higher than state and national averages with a 28 test score
Nearly 94% of graduates go on to post secondary education
Average scholarships are over 350,000 per year.

Does that help? And yes it IS hard but they are very well prepared for college. Alot of high school kids take Spanish for their foriegn language....over half of ours take Latin or Germ an.

I'm taking German, and it sucks

Spanish all the way baby! It's more useful. In America anyway.

yeah becuase no one speaks english in America anymore.

You should be required to speak english if you live in america

Benefits of Catholic Schools?

Former Catholic School Girls...if you've never experienced one, you won't know what I'm talking about...

28 ACT average? DAMN. National average is like 19 (I got a 32 )

EVERYONE in my high school took Spanish...there were 8 people in my AP German class. Talk about tiny.

I went to public school, so I don't know too much about Catholic schools...a few of my friends went to Catholic school, though.

Psh, **** that.

OMFG

I actually find myself opening threads where you're the last poster just to see what you've written At least I'm not doing the post search on you yet

Well there not really strict i don think b/c my cuzin gos there and reads harry potter

i've graduated catholic school..
and how to say it..
it wasn't much different from public ones..
we just had more classes, but no uniforms or anything

its a uniform school and the skirts are short i hear and i hear its great when there walking up the steps and your behind them you get a nice view

You are supose to learn more in a cathloic school then a public school but even if I wanted to go there I can't.Because Cathloic schools don't have special classes.
They should but they don't.So that is one thing that a Cathloic school does not have that a public school does.JM

cant find any

I went to a private school...they're generally nice and small and yet active enough so you don't get bored....grades are stressed so you should do better....overall it just depends on the person

bite me Fin

Id say having me as your teacher would be one

Special classes?

Benefits of a catholic school? You learn utter contempt for all other faiths (Any other faith now becomes "non catholic" and spend your life being ruled by a legal mafia who reside in the vatican, the most corrupt state on earth. Oh, and you'll no doubt get sexually abused by priests as well. (Though the caring vatican will cover that up).

having me as a student would be the opposite of benefit

No doubt.

And amity75, can you BE any more full of it??

When it comes to the subject of catholicism and catholic schools then yes, I can.

Someone had a bad experience.....cry

You can be molested

You can be molested anywhere pal.

Hi Im father Jackson

Not funny Napalm

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=991998

Napalm, you are on your final warning. Give it a rest.

Actually yes I did.

I can understand your feelings of bitterness, but that does not make all Catholics or priests evil. Nothing in this world is absolute. I am sorry for your pain tho.

I attended a catholic school. Every Monday the priest would come into the class and ask who did or did not attend mass on the Sunday. Of course he always seemed to know who didn't go before even asking and the ones who didn't go (and I'm talking about 13 year old kids here) would be brought to the front of the class and have their heads held under a cold water tap. Also at weekly assembly we would be told by the headmaster not to associate with the "animals" from the surrounding "non-catholic" schools. ie protestant schools. Some of my best friends attended those schools and anyone who socialised with other "nons" were victimised by the visiting priests. There was an instance onetime where all the secondary schools in Scotland were having fund raising days to raise money for the Ethiopian famine and my school and many otyher catholic schools refused to take part because some of the funds would be used to supply contraceptives to these unfortunate people.
I completely agree with you JP that not all catholics and priests are evil and many peoples lives are improved by the faith that the catholic church brings them but for myself and countless others a catholic upbringing is a thoroughly miserable experience. The world would be a better place if kids were allowed to wait and make their own minds up as to which faith they choose to follow instead of being brainwashed (quite a harsh term but thats basically what it comes down to) at such an early age by one particular religion.

Precisely why my youngest daughter is being brought up in my faith and the faith of her father, so she can make her own choice when the time is right.

Amity I feel for you, I went to Catholic grade school and then Catholic high school and we didnt have any incidents like what you describe. Someone should have turned your school in to the Bishop and failing that, the law.

Amitty, you should have punched the priest and gotten expelled

Yeah thats always the best course of action Slip. Are you really this way in real life? If so, I feel sorry for you.

I went to catholic school my entire life. There are benefits to the environment. Less distractions for the outter world. You also look younger because facial hair and hip clothing are not allowed. We used to go out to the mall after school and all the public school kids looked so much older. We looked like middle school students.

But, as much as I hated my catholic school experience, I would not be the lovable, arrogant, upper class ******* I am today. So, take that for what you will.

If your parents want you to go for the religious aspect of it, then they are fooling themselves. The best way to get your child to resent the catholic church, send them to catholic school. That is assuming you are capable of thinking for yourself.

What are you saying?

That you talk out of your ass....

Oh no, I got suspended in 8th grade for punching my gym teacher.

That's why she feels sorry for you.

Why would that make someone feel sorry for me?

I think her point is that you give into impulse, rather than think your way out of a situation...and then pat yourself on the back for your own lack of foresight.

Indeed Captain....thats exactly what I am saying. Hit first and ask questions later is not the way to a happy life.

confused

It will eventually land you in a lot of trouble, as I myself have found out

What did you do?

I've never done anything really big, but just lots of little stupid things have turned out to cause a lot more trouble than it was worth. Problem is, when I'm madly I simply don't think before acting/speaking. I nearly got suspended last year though.

ohh,
its STORYTIME!!!
Do tell alana....

I must say though, If I were put in a catholic school tommrow, I would either cause hell, go insane, or both,
(that is providing im not insane now..)

Stefan, you are without a doubt already insane

Okay...

Well, I'll cut the story very short because it's quite long. To put it short, someone who had very much gotten on my bad side decided that he was going to act like everything was okay and sit with my friends and myself at lunch, and after I ignored him for 10 minutes decided to ask me if I was still mad at him. I sorta snapped and verbally ripped him to little pieces and nearly punched him however I noticed a teacher that was nearby was watching with quite a bit of interest (probably waiting for the fight to turn physical) so I managed to stop myself because I would have been suspended if I had punched him...but not without telling him to get out of my sight and that if he ever came me or my friend Michelle again I wouldn't restrain myself. This was a year ago and he's still terrified of me today.

I was just supended for breaking a meter stick over this kids face

lol,
I would be too!

what about a choice of no religion then?

If I was a kid and I was being sent to catholic school Id run away

Not true, violence is the best approache

^ ^ ^

doh

until you meet the wrong dude

Im a grandmaster in kick boxing so no Im usually the wrong dude

Catholic schools are definitely overrated There is only one in my city. You know, a few houndred years tradition, "great reputation" and stuff like that. The fact is, level of education is pretty crappy: it's on 10th rating position. Anyway, I know it must look a little different in USA.

aint much of a grandmaster if you see violence as best approach

Run children, guard your backsides. Here comes the catholic pervert priest