Would You Send Your Kid To A Catholic School Or 'Other' Private School? (children, teaching)

[Fontucky]

Never. Ever. Especially the Catholics.

[catman]

I agree. Not a chance!

[Jackyfrost01]

If they didn't have to go thru anything religious, then sure. Aside from that its too expensive for us, anyway.

[agnostic soldier]

No. Aside from the money issue, the mission of most religious schools is to drain the child's rationality and make them become obedient servants to their myths and superstition.

[calmdude]

Originally Posted by Tesaje

If I had children, I would home school before I would send to a religious school.

Luckily I live in an area with very good schools. If only religious schools were the option, my kids would be home schooled while I looked for a job in a town where this was not needed.

[Eresh]

My parents (who are not Catholic) sent me to a Catholic high school because it supposedly had a better education than the public high school. Interestingly, 9th grade theology class (taught by a nun) is when I first learned that it is OK to question the bible and religious authorities. That's also where I learned about the pagan meanings/origins to parts of mass. In hindsight I don't think the quality of my education was any better, but at least there were fewer distractions/discipline problems. So I guess my answer is that it depends on the individual school. I would never in a million years send my daughter to a southern baptist school. I think their fire and brimstone attitude borders on abusive and the thought of creationism/intelligent design being taught as science makes me sick.

[catman]

There is no doubt that many Catholic schools provide quality education, but if I sent my kids to one I'd likely have to deprogram them every night.

[effie g-tad]

LOL!

if i'm allowed to remark on that last one, i would start deprogramming elsewhere.

did any catholic educators ever win the nobel prize for their ('other' private) school of thought?

[Miss Crabcakes]

Very interesting question.

But I'd have to move to a better school system. That would be too much deprogramming everyday.

I just wish a child of mine would come home one day and tell me I'm going to hell! Won't have it!!

[effie g-tad]

fabulous answer. when those kids of ours came home, like out of the blue .... wouldn't have any. them just make belief.