3 Aug
2012
3 Aug
'12
3:26 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 11:47 PM
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Subject: Re: bad teachers
On 08/02/2012 04:53 PM, Jonas Otter wrote:
After Seattle Public Schools catastrophically failed my child, I started sending her to a
Catholic school. My mother used to tell horror stories about nuns and rulers and
knuckles, but the Catholic system apparently learned the value of honey over vinegar: my
daughter's school is about one-third non-Catholic and all students' beliefs are
respected. The teachers are all laypersons. Yes, there are occasionally mandatory
attendances for Mass and a class in religion, but when I objected to one event in
particular because of its subject matter there was no fuss over just having her leave
early that day. And, it's been an interesting catalyst for some interesting
father-daughter conversations about spirituality.
The education has been top notch. In her last year of public "school" my
daughter begged to be home-schooled, she was so bored. Now she gripes about homework and
such, but it's always accompanied by, "Guess what I learned today!"
It's worth every dime (and there are more than a few of them spent!). -- Ian
Mine was run by the Quakers. They were actually
very nice people and
didn't force their religion on you, except to require attendance at
Sunday Meetings if you had no other church to go to. Meetings were
usually only an hour's complete silence, anyway, so it wasn't
oppressive in any way. They did have good, and very nice, teachers.
Not to say that it didn't cost a lot of money to go there, but not like a public
school.
"Meeting" singular, not plural. I have a good bit of experience with these
chaps. Generally good folk, those Quakers, as opposed to some religious
types. Absolutely zero "beating people over the head with YOUR religion" in
their circles.