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To: koan who wrote (10350)	2/11/2017 1:09:20 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361827

>> I want my children to be educated in a school based on facts and reason, not make believe. And you should have the right to make decide which school and which kind of school that is. If I had young children I would want them to be educated in a school where the teachers are smarter than the kids and will constantly challenge the kids to do better, where simply making good grades isn't enough. And I would not want them indoctrinated to liberal politics, which destroys the mind.

To: koan who wrote (10350)	2/11/2017 2:54:18 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361827

My Wife's been teaching in a Catholic School for about 40 years now. Do you have any sense of if and how the science curriculum differs from that of a public school? I know that the church supports the earth revolving around the sun and is flexible wrt young vs old earth so perhaps they teach straight science.

To: koan who wrote (10350)	2/17/2017 11:48:14 PM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361827

My wife's school does not try to indoctrinate kids into the Catholic faith. I think that's true of almost all Catholic schools now. The teachers aren't usually nuns anymore and the people running the schools aren't priests. There are religious folks at the top but they are pretty much separated from the schools. All the kids have to attend masses, (only during school at times) but they aren't required to get confirmed in the faith. The Main thing they learn is to treat other people well (no bullying allowed) and the subjects being taught. People pay quite a bit of money to attend Catholic Schools and the teachers seem rather dedicated. Also the teachers don't make nearly as much as in the public schools. Like you, I'm not religious, but I think I would have enjoyed attending a Catholic school. Actually, my Father did, and he wasn't religiously inclined either, but he loved it.