Why Are Catholic Schools So Expensive?

[Wikitiki]

[quote name='Sternhauser' timestamp='1285280233' post='2175566']
I've seen a lot more solid, charitable Catholic kids come out of secular religious schools than Catholic schools. They have to fight to stay Catholic. Makes them strong.

~Sternhauser
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When there's opposition and sin all around you, it helps you to realize that your faith has to be strong and your entire being sinless to avoid falling into the horrible traps your peers are happily jumping into. Many Catholic schools, when they're not failing at teaching the faith all together, fail to teach how to apply it to the outside world, where sin and opposition abound. Not to say that there aren't Catholic schools that do, but there aren't enough.

I agree that homeschooling is generally the best, but unfortunately there are so many social situations that make it nearly impossible for a lot of people.

(By the way, if God has religious life planned for me, I would totally love to teach. I'm actually currently involved in some programs designed to help future teachers on their way so I can be prepared if my discernment ends up taking me on a single life (or possibly married life) path.)

Edited September 23, 2010 by Wikitiki

[mommas_boy]

[quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1285209769' post='2175407']
I'm a biology teacher at a Catholic school, and all of my classes start with prayer. Just sayin' .
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Me too. I teach computers, and start every single one of my classes with prayer. Even when my classes are only 30 or 40 minutes long, and I don't have much time, and I only see my kids for 70 minutes each week -- each class still starts in prayer.

[tinytherese]

I went to Catholic schools from preschool all the way through 12th grade. I benefited from the competitive academics. I was the only student in my college english composition class who had written a research paper not once but multiple times. I did my first in eighth grade. Boy were my peers at a disadvantage. I got catechized by channel flipping to EWTN.

[Wikitiki]

I actually went to Catholic school for preschool, and I was so bored for the first couple of years when I had to switch to public school.

But, wow, that's kind of scary. And even the fact that you hadn't done them until eighth grade surprises me, because they started shoving them at us in sixth grade, at least. XD

Edited September 24, 2010 by Wikitiki

[StMichael]

Odd. Where in the world are you?

Catholic schools, especially in NYC, provide the absolute best education that you can get.

Most are preparatory and 99% go on to college.

So I have to say they are superior to anything out there especially government run schools.

My exception with Catholic schools is the lack of Catholic in many. Including schools being disobedient to the teachings.

I would like to see more Nuns in the role of teachers and more Priests around. The foundation of a Catholic education is the Catholic faith.

[quote name='dauntingknight' timestamp='1285278803' post='2175557']
The Catholic kids that I know are....................





pretty stupid......



I hate to say that but unfortunately, here that is true.
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[RandomProddy]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' timestamp='1285149321' post='2175259']
In the UK, most Catholic schools are subsidized by the [i]taxpayer[/i] [/quote]I fixed your sentence

[quote]...the school run by the Benedictines at Ampleforth, maybe.[/quote]It's a bit of a shame that they're not as good at rugby..

[LouisvilleFan]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1285092817' post='2175112']
No one wanted to attend Catholic schools where I come from until busing started. I couldn't afford to send mine either. By that time though, the Catholic schools were only about 30% Catholic kids. My boys went to public school with lots more Catholic kids.
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Sounds like you're from Louisville too.

[dentarthurdent95]

The only Catholic school not 1.5 hours away ends at 8th grade, so that's out of the question for me. And my sister went there for a couple years and has terrible stories about how you weren't treated well by anyone, students and teachers, unless your family had lots of money.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='dauntingknight' timestamp='1285123582' post='2175223']
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Homeschooling may or may not be cheaper, depending on the curriculum and extra-curriculars you do, along with the opportunity cost of having a parent home full-time vs. working.

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Terra Firma' timestamp='1286367718' post='2178139']
Homeschooling may or may not be cheaper, depending on the curriculum and extra-curriculars you do, along with the opportunity cost of having a parent home full-time vs. working.
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Yeah, I try not to think about the opportunity cost. Prior to this year, I would have had a child at home half days anyway (if we sent them to public school) so being home with all of them was not as big of a sacrifice. This year, they'd all be gone all day, so the opportunity costs of my being home are much greater.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' timestamp='1286374527' post='2178166']
Yeah, I try not to think about the opportunity cost. Prior to this year, I would have had a child at home half days anyway (if we sent them to public school) so being home with all of them was not as big of a sacrifice. This year, they'd all be gone all day, so the opportunity costs of my being home are much greater.
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Yeah that's something we've given a lot of thought to. We'd like, ideally, for me to be able to work part-time, but that may or may not be possible for a while. The thing is, it's not just the money you're not making, but the experience you're not getting, the connections you don't make, and so on.