tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post2139769827240680811..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: Why Catholic Schools Are PerniciousUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-18781128865807773152009-08-26T13:17:00.495-05:002009-08-26T13:17:00.495-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123119830359717991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-54290074939940222882009-08-26T12:34:24.467-05:002009-08-26T12:34:24.467-05:00Spot on! The real reason many people send their ki...<i>Spot on! The real reason many people send their kids to Catholic Schools is so they don't have to attend school with low life kids.</i><br /><br />This is quite true, and it is further compounded by school administrators who cater to the rich kids and their families, in effect showing less time and attention to the kids who don't come from money.<br /><br />The Catholic schools are doing themselves in. And they've gotten way too political. Look at all the "special titles" the staff has compared to years ago. This type of structure feeds itself by requiring more and more funds.<br /><br />And the cycle continues.<br /><br />Until it breaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-52430050784592000822009-08-26T09:12:12.424-05:002009-08-26T09:12:12.424-05:00Wait, aren't most parishes in the U.S. and Eur...Wait, aren't most parishes in the U.S. and Europe now considered mission churches? I see Catholic church attendance and parochial schools on the same skid path. I went to catholic schools with Catholics and non-Catholics, and mostly, I saw the least amount of understanding about their faith from the Catholic-born students. I think the issues with parochial education is less about the schools than a general fourty-year failure of the churches across the board.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381087750301180720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-40518779888988748062009-08-25T20:48:07.947-05:002009-08-25T20:48:07.947-05:00"Just give me a decent school for my kid!
&qu...<i>"Just give me a decent school for my kid!<br />"The Church itself can go to hell, and I don't care."</i><br /><br />Spot on! The real reason many people send their kids to Catholic Schools is so they don't have to attend school with low life kids.Bill Hooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336706603556277581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-87905136173983538552009-08-25T10:41:46.046-05:002009-08-25T10:41:46.046-05:00Hey, I'm all for mission schools. But that'...Hey, I'm all for mission schools. But that's what inner city schools are - mission schools. Why won't people call things by their proper names? <br /><br />For the record, I went to Catholic school as well - all of my grade school, all of my high school. That's where I lost the Faith. <br /><br />Different places, different people, different experiences. <br /><br />But none of it matters now. The demographics are headed in one direction: down. Doesn't matter if you like that fact (as I do) or hate that fact (as you may) - the parochial school is done.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-4784884963010855142009-08-25T10:15:09.259-05:002009-08-25T10:15:09.259-05:00I went to a little Catholic school in the ghetto. ...I went to a little Catholic school in the ghetto. It saved my life, and I became Catholic all due to the heroic efforts of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. In the midst of a horrible neighborhood that school was an oasis of calm, learning, and prayer. Catholic schools can be a powerhouse for the Faith. <br /><br />As for the woman you mock, I don't blame her. She probably feels betrayed now and is worried about what's going to happen to her kids.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.com