<p>I was just wondering how many, if any, people here on CC go to a Catholic School? There are TONS of threads about private prep schools. Any Catholic, or private religious school, kids out there? If so, are you even Catholic (or said religion)? Have you always gone to Catholic school or did you go to public school before? Do you hate it? Love it?</p>
<p>fyi, next year will be my 13th year in Cathlic School and nope, I'm not Catholic.</p>
<p>I go to a Catholic all-girls high school and I am Catholic. I've gone to Catholic school since first grade. It has its positives and negatives. At my high school, no one cares what they look like and there is no pressure to impress any guys. Generally, everyone is comfortable around everyone else (at least in our senior class) and people get along pretty well. The classes are small, with about 130 students per grade and like 20 or so students in each class. I know that if I attended my local public school, the classes would have been much larger and there would be less individual attention. But I think that by going to a Catholic school, I am somewhat limited by the types of people I meet: most people at my school come from similar backgrounds; obviously it is harder to meet guys when you don't see them daily in the halls. Also, in my Catholic elementary school, there was no separation of students in regard to academic capabilities. So when a few people did not understand a topic, the teacher would be forced to linger on that topic while some students were more than ready to go on. But overall, I am happy with my Catholic school education.</p>
<p>I went to Catholic school from preschool through high school, and yes, I am Catholic
These past two years in college have been my first two years at a public school :)</p>
<p>I went to a Catholic school for all 8 years of primary school and 6 years of secondary school. I'm an atheist now...
I went to an all-girls convent secondary school. With uniforms and nuns. I hated every minute. The teachers tried to push a lot of us into stereotypically female careers, which is really annoying at the best of times, but when you're interested in maths/physics/computers it's Grr-inducing.</p>
<p>I'm Catholic and currently attend a Catholic school. Next year will be my 8th year. Most of my college choices are Catholic schools, so it looks like this number could shoot up to 12 by the year 2010.</p>
<p>I go to a co-ed Catholic school of about 450 students. There are 92 students in my class, and I am ready to get out. I'm not Catholic; I'm an atheist. Catholic school definately has it's pros and cons. Cons include that there is no way to escape students and teachers you can't stand, there isn't as much diversity as I would like, and if you're liberal there are limited ways to express your opinion (ie no gay straight alliance). The education is definately better than our local public schools and you get the individual attention in many classes that you might not get otherwise, classes are small, my AP bio class only has 4 kids, but they are limited. Next year I will be attending a private non-religious school, USC, and I'm thrilled to be getting out, even though I have enjoyed my experience immensely.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. It's really the diversity that I miss. I think we have 1 black male in my whole school this year. My school actually has a lot of people that are liberal because they simply refuse to be conservative as is expected. I'm agnostic now I think. I can't stand all my religion teachers that preach at us. </p>
<p>I don't think the education is as great as expected either. We're fairly strong in the writing and lit, but very very weak in math and science.</p>
<p>There is no way I'm going to a Catholic college. 13 years was enough, thanks. I don't hate my school. I dislike a lot, but I do like some things. But then again, how many people truely love high school? </p>
<p>jessetfan, you live in NH, i go to school in NH. i know you don't go to my school, just wondering which of the few catholic schools do you go to?</p>
<p>jessetfan: My school's Catholic, yet allows for a Gay-Straight CLC to meet, and recently featured 'The Laramie Project" as a theatre production. So I'd have to disagree you with you on the generalization that there's limits on your expressing your opinion.</p>
<p>Audioslave, we're definately from different parts of the country. My state is conservative to begin with, so when you get into a Catholic school that's a whole different story. Don't get me wrong, I love my school, but as for my liberal leanings I have to get involved on my own. I worked for Howard Dean with my school's full support. I'm looking forward to some more diversity when I go to college, but I'm very happy with the experience I've had in high school.</p>
<p>I think my school is doing "The Laramine Project" too. Our president is extremely conservative, but our new VP is actually pretty open to things. I still can't wait to get out of here though.</p>