jrndveritatis Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 It definitely depends on the school and on the family. From my experience, most homeschooled students are practice their faith much more sincerely than those who go to Catholic schools. However, this could just be because devout Catholic families are more willing to homeschool. One thing that we should keep in mind is that those students in Catholic schools who come from devout families are usually faithful Catholics as well. But obviously a larger proportion of homeschoolers who are Catholic are faithful than their counterparts who go to Catholic schools. Again, this is mainly because devout Catholics are a vast majority of homeschoolers. Catholic schools aren't all bad. Of course lots of them have problems and teach nothing at all of doctrine, but there are a few good ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 This is all just my personal experience but that's all about we have to go on so... I am a product of Catholic Schools and a bunch of my friends are products of homeschools. Given our families the kids in home school have more devout parents (lets just leave it at that). Right now my friends still strike me as more in tune with The Faith, but I'm not sure how they feel about me concerning that. I do know that my life is much more secular as compared to theirs and my sense of reality is different from theirs (that maybe because of the family). They seem much more comfortable with their faith and more comfortable showing it to other people. In the way of actual knowledge about the faith they may know a little more about it than me, but I've learned a lot in the last two years because of CL (not school). I think Catholic schools could teach it, but some kids don't want to listen and there's nothing the teachers can really do about that. I think parents can be better showing the Faith to their kids, while in a school parents show some of it (if any) and then teachers show part of it. I'm really torn on the subject because if a kid really wants to know they can usually find out. Ya I should stop talking now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasJis Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 (edited) I thought the comment about cracking a walnut with a marshmallow was funny, not out of proportion. No wonder my SAT's stank... There is no real comparison because there is no real question. The two groups are very different in size and make up so the sample selection is flawed. Are you measuring the environment, the ability of the teachers, the receptiveness of the students? **crack** Wanna walnut?? Edited January 13, 2004 by jasJis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don John of Austria Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 In my experiance homeschooled children are devout but know almost nothing about their faith, And as a Catholic School teacher I have seen a lot of Homeschooled Children come in to the jounior high level( parants have trouble once kids get over a grade level, for example junior high science can be VERY expensive to set up.) at any rate they were very faithful and had a good grasp of differant prayers and such but almost no understanding of theological concepts or the Church hierarchy or scripture, that has been my experiance and the experiance of those teachers I have talked to about it. Now a bad Catholic School can be pretty bad, but a good one can't be beaten, you just have to look carefully. Jas -- you are right we cannot judge Faith but we can Judge knowledge, I think that is what was being asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy the Ninja Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 On the contrary, every Catholic home school program I've seen has the faith embedded in most of their literature and books - at least the books specifically designed for Catholics... Now, by the same token, most Catholic schools these days no longer use textbooks specifically designed for and by Catholic schools. Which is a shame. And it seems to me that many Catholic schools are becoming more like secular schools - much less than when my mother attended Incarnate Word in San Antonio. There are less nuns and hardly any priests involved and that is truly a shame. But I would always choose a Catholic school over public (not that there aren't good public schools out there), simply because I feel like I owe it to my faith to help keep the Catholic schools alive. And if I can't afford the Catholic school when the time comes I will home school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsFrozen Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi, dabukthumpa. I selected "not sure" because I went to Catholic schools all my life and I haven't really known anyone who was home-schooled. I am solid in my faith now, but fell away from the Church as a teenager. I recently had a little boy and my husband and I have talked a bit about when he goes to school (though this won't be for a few years yet). My husband is in the USAF and the military elementary and high schools are GREAT. There is a low student/teacher ratio, parents are encouraged to get involved, and the criteria is challenging. Plus, it's free to those in the military. What we have decided to do, since Catholic schools are so expensive, is send him to the military school and home school him in religion for an hour after he gets home. I am good at teaching, and I think I could use techniques that he will understand and be enthusiastic about. I would really value this time bonding with him and the Faith. God bless. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabukthumpa Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 Great insights - thanks for the honest input. I definatly do not think it is a flawed question - like Jas does. But he is right about the different variables. However- I would say most people would agree that Homeschool Children really understant their faith much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marielapin Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 It definitely depends on the school and on the family. From my experience, most homeschooled students are practice their faith much more sincerely than those who go to Catholic schools. However, this could just be because devout Catholic families are more willing to homeschool. One thing that we should keep in mind is that those students in Catholic schools who come from devout families are usually faithful Catholics as well. But obviously a larger proportion of homeschoolers who are Catholic are faithful than their counterparts who go to Catholic schools. Again, this is mainly because devout Catholics are a vast majority of homeschoolers. Catholic schools aren't all bad. Of course lots of them have problems and teach nothing at all of doctrine, but there are a few good ones out there. I was going to post something exactly like this. But since it was already written out so eloquently, I say DITTO! Parents are the key to kids knowing and living their faith whether they are homeschooled or not. My in-laws homeschool their last three kids and they know tons about the faith - the nitty-gritty stuff. My husband went to Catholic school and got a lot of "this is how it is", but not a lot of "this is WHY it is like it is". The WHY is an element that strengthens our faith. It's one thing to say that we believe the Eucharist is the body and blood, soul and divinity of Christ, and its another to follow that with WHY we believe that. Not to say my husband did not know his faith - but he did learn a whole lot when I started to question him on it and when he started attending RCIA with me. His younger brothers know these facts from their Catholic homeschool curriculum...and from their wonderful parents. Church history is something they study indepth. Like the truth about the Inquisition...my husband just found out the real truth a couple of months ago. My brothers-in-law learned it already from their church history curriculum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabukthumpa Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 Looks like this might become a tight race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I can't answer because I don't know any children who have been home schooled, but I do know that Catholic schools in the UK are hugely popular with parents from all religious backgrounds (or no faith at all), and are generally very oversubscribed as a result. There is always a lot of competition to ensure your child has a place. The schools have to offer a number of places to children who are not catholic (I think it's 10%) if they are to receive funding from the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabukthumpa Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanks Ellenita for the input - please encouarage peopel to hop on line and vote. Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabukthumpa Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 Yo if you haven't voted - vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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