Lil'Monster Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Teen_Catholic' timestamp='1305686715' post='2243082'] True indeed. I had a friend who, when taught about birth control, asked her teacher very politely, "Isn't birth control against Church teaching?" Her reply was a "we are not discussing that right now" and a nasty look. My teacher at the same school often skipped religion class, which was mostly about feelings anyway. The students there hung posters for very liberal, pro-abortion candidates on the walls. The altar was used to give student council speeches. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/brickwall.gif[/img] Thankfully, we both left that school and are now in Catholic home school program. [/quote] im very glad u left that school! i was homeschooled too! Edited May 18, 2011 by Lil'Monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSilverPhinx Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I think there was a small chapel in the one that I went to with small statues of saints... Other than that, there was a class called 'religious studies' but thankfully was anything but such. More like a 'personal development' class. The school was very business-oriented, is that a Catholic thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 [quote name='xSilverPhinx' timestamp='1305727251' post='2243174'] I think there was a small chapel in the one that I went to with small statues of saints... Other than that, there was a class called 'religious studies' but thankfully was anything but such. More like a 'personal development' class. The school was very business-oriented, is that a Catholic thing? [/quote] Sounds like a typical Catholic school where I grew up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeteorShower Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) [quote name='xSilverPhinx' timestamp='1305727251' post='2243174'] Other than that, there was a class called 'religious studies' but thankfully was anything but such. More like a 'personal development' class. [/quote] In my school, we study Catholicism in Junior High and learn World Religions in Grade 10. Grade 11 religion classes were terrible. All we talked about was volunteering and 'giving back to the community' and organizing bake sales to support charities. While this isn't a bad thing, it is not Religion class. The only religious-related activity we did all year was when we were all put into groups and told to answer a bunch of questions about the bible together, which was stupid because they were rather personal questions. The teacher picked the groups, and I ended up with a non-practicing muslim, a secular buddhist, and a girl who was non-religious. It was very interesting Edited May 19, 2011 by MeteorShower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The high school I want to, I was never invited to a function. Even if I had, I will not have gone, because I want to spend some time with my family, and I already spending some time with plays and musicals anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSilverPhinx Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 [quote name='MeteorShower' timestamp='1305841564' post='2243666'] In my school, we study Catholicism in Junior High and learn World Religions in Grade 10. Grade 11 religion classes were terrible. All we talked about was volunteering and 'giving back to the community' and organizing bake sales to support charities. While this isn't a bad thing, it is not Religion class. The only religious-related activity we did all year was when we were all put into groups and told to answer a bunch of questions about the bible together, which was stupid because they were rather personal questions. The teacher picked the groups, and I ended up with a non-practicing muslim, a secular buddhist, and a girl who was non-religious. It was very interesting [/quote] LOL what sort of questions were there? I'm sort of wondering what I would've answered to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen_Catholic Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 ....when you are trolling through a few teenagers that go(or did go) to the Catholic school and they are swearing like drunken sailors on an MTV reality show, saying blasphemous and even satanic things, and talking about cheating on homework. ...when one family that went to that school had a daughter and son who are part of the group that I mentioned above, and a lesbian older teen/early twenty something. ....when fights go on outside and the teachers don't notice. Sooooo glad I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Magdalene Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 [quote name='MeteorShower' timestamp='1305841564' post='2243666'] In my school, we study Catholicism in Junior High and learn World Religions in Grade 10. Grade 11 religion classes were terrible. All we talked about was volunteering and 'giving back to the community' and organizing bake sales to support charities. While this isn't a bad thing, it is not Religion class. The only religious-related activity we did all year was when we were all put into groups and told to answer a bunch of questions about the bible together, which was stupid because they were rather personal questions. The teacher picked the groups, and I ended up with a non-practicing muslim, a secular buddhist, and a girl who was non-religious. It was very interesting [/quote] Sounds like my religious education classes in high school. "Giving back to the community"... Teacher: Girls why should we give back to the community? Girls: Because it makes us feel good about ourselves? Teacher: That's right, we should all do something that makes us feel better Religious Education classes= EPIC FAIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeteorShower Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 [quote name='xSilverPhinx' timestamp='1305848591' post='2243711'] LOL what sort of questions were there? I'm sort of wondering what I would've answered to them... [/quote] one of them was "Do you believe in the Bible?" Considering, the beliefs of the other students in my group, nobody listened to my opinion, and the answer that we presented to the class went along the lines of "sometimes...but not really." That was the only religion-related queestion. All the other questions were things like, "what words would you use to describe your personality?" and "what are your positive and negative characteristics." I REALLY don't understand why we were put into groups for this activity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Ditto MS: CCD kids were despised with a deep passion, especially after two incidents: one with involved elmers glue and a pencil case and another which involved a clay volcano and a dvd player. When your senior religion teacher has to say "it's married sex, it's ok" when watching Julie and Julia. When you know that blue is actually the color for Advent and not purple. For my hs, as far as sex ed went, we had STD pictures and were told why we should wait. Though, as my teacher said, senior year is TOO late to talk about it. You do an engagement project (basically pre-cana, but not real) [b]I was incredibly lucky.[/b] My high school was VERY Catholic. Our Pro-life group won tons of awards for their work. We learned about service to others, which was EXPECTED and [i]required[/i]. We also had some amesome Franciscan sisters (one wore a habit, the other didn't,but that was because of the vow of poverty and changes) there as well as a deacon, a Doc of Divinity, and teachers devoted to their faith and the school. This seems like the exception, not the rule when it comes to Catholic schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Nuns dressing like dudes in my Catholic grade school. My town did not have Catholic school past 8th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen_Catholic Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 [quote name='Teen_Catholic' timestamp='1306371671' post='2246019'] ....when you are trolling through a few teenagers that go(or did go) to the Catholic school and they are swearing like drunken sailors on an MTV reality show, saying blasphemous and even satanic things, and talking about cheating on homework. ...when one family that went to that school had a daughter and son who are part of the group that I mentioned above, and a lesbian older teen/early twenty something. ....when fights go on outside and the teachers don't notice. Sooooo glad I left. [/quote] oops I should have said "Facebook pages" between "teenagers" and "that" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I must say that I went to an amesome catholic school.... yeah, some parents thought that it was reform school and sent their outta control kids, but the teachers were wonderful. I still keep in contact with some of them 8 years since graduation. At school dances they would tell the kids "make sure to leave space for the Holy Spirit between you when dancing"... haha I have some great memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 You know how to diagram sentences, or at least you were taught. I went to public school for three years, and I lost all of my diagraming powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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