<p>PS- Everyone you are free to talk about other things beside religion! LOL. I don’t mind at all and we can have more then one convo going on at once, I don’t mind talking about volleyball again either.</p>
<p>Yea my religion teacher is very spiritual is all, I guess thats why he doesnt shove it down our throats. The class debates usually start out by him asking us about opinion on a certain topic. Abortion, for example. Are you familiar with the pro-life rally held every January in Washington DC? Well our school allows students who wish to go a day off, they go to the rally and get to skip school. You’d think people would just attend to miss school, not like that at all. Well anyway getting back to the debates, he would ask us our opinions, a small minority would usually be pro-choice (the small pop. of liberals usually). He wouldn’t put them down for there beliefs, he’d just accept it. He’d give reasons the Church is pro-life, like every one has the right to live and stuff. Very calm man. Conservatives would join in. IT then pretty much turns into a student debate, he kinda lays off to the side, unless something gets out of hand. I’m going to miss that class. But i guess my school is about 60% conservative. 30% liberal. And the others don’t really care.</p>
<p>As for the whole shoving it down your throats ideals, that was pretty much how my old priest was (thankfully, last year he was moved and IMO the new one values opinions a whole lot more.)</p>
<p>Volleyball? <em>interest piqued</em> :]</p>
<p>haha. yeaaa our religion chat was pretty intense. hey, fairy! too bad I don’t play volleyball. Both of you guys have tryout soon? Or was that rcchay? Oh well good luck to all of you, :D</p>
<p>Well the one who shoved it down my throat was my Sunday School Teacher. So what would a priest say if he walked into your class and saw that some kids were Pro Choice? Would he have a talk, lol? I never heard of that rally, but I would prob wouldn’t go because I would miss too much work. If it was middle school or elm school I would. How did those kids get to DC, is there a bus that takes them? I assume DC isn’t that far away, lol. But I know of a teacher who made the kids go to two separate sides of the room. One side was for the people who wanted McCain and the other side was for Obama. They had to write an essay of why the other candidate who they did not want was better for president. It wasn’t my class though.</p>
<p>Which fall sports do you all play? I play field hockey.</p>
<p>That was rcchay!!! </p>
<p>I’m glad I don’t have to try out for swim team.</p>
<p>Pleiad: I’m on the swim team and it’s a winter sport.</p>
<p>Hi, I just spent the last couple of minutes reading the posts I missed! That was an intense conversation. </p>
<p>I live in CA and my area is probably 75% liberal, 10% moderate, and 15% conservative. Also, I was kind of worried about meeting more religious people going into high school, but the first person I met that was pretty religious was like, “Oh, there are a lot of atheists and people with different beliefs,” and she was really cool about everything. Which, of course, is a very CA attitude about everything. :') Yay. </p>
<p>By the way, my username is spelled “rchhay,” 1 c, 2 h’s. 
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<p>And yes, I have volleyball tryouts coming up on August the 15th. Thanks for the luck, smilemyonly!</p>
<p>Well the priest in my school probably wouldn’t say much. This one time he peeked into our room, while we were having a discussion. Just listened for a few moments and left, kinda awkward, haha. Oh and as for the rally, its just for one day, our school supplies bussing. Pros and cons really, it usually falls during midterms, so you get an extra day to study, others wouldn’t want the make-up though (usually much harder.)</p>
<p>rch: Did you see my post about volleyball? It’s post 82.</p>
<p>Your so lucky your in Cali rch!!! I want to go LA or NY, lol. </p>
<p>Yeah smile I wouldn’t miss the midterms, lol. Are there any liberal teachers at your school?</p>
<p>Oh yeah I really didn’t think of the convo as intense. I don’t mind talking about that stuff, but I wouldn’t talk about it with my friends.</p>
<p>Yes, I saw your post about volleyball. I think if you want to start a recreational club at your school, that could be a good idea. However, you definitely want to find a decent coach/volunteer who will help and teach you the right techniques because it’s very easy to injure yourself. </p>
<p>I was actually born in LA, but I no longer reside there. I’m hoping to go to New York for college, at Columbia. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if the question about liberal teachers was addressed to me, but either way most of the teachers at my school refuse to talk about politics. I assume most of them are liberal though.</p>
<p>I think most teachers are pretty liberal actually. Most don’t disclose, but we try to weasel it out of them! My US History teacher actually comes to mind, we were having a discussion about rep. vs. dem. in our school. He was actually pretty surprised that most of us were Republicans, I guess it comes down to income? My school doesnt pay very much, lol, thats my interpretation, and my county is pretty wealthy, thus more conservatives with conservative parents!</p>
<p>rchhay! I always forget how to spell your username. Sorry! :(</p>
<p>I don’t think it comes down completely to income, but income is definitely a part of it. I know one of the kids at my school has a father who is a Republican and a mother who is a Democrat and they’re pretty well-off. Poor kid though, he’s just torn. He’s moderate, and depending on what day you ask him, he’s either slightly liberal or slightly conservative. </p>
<p>It’s okay! :') Just a note.</p>
<p>I was going to have the club like once a week on Fridays. I wasn’t sure if I was gonna have a coach, because it was going to be like for fun. My teacher told us that she was for McCain the day after the election, I knew she was. Another teacher (Health) was saying how great McCain was for being in the war. I do know lots of liberal kids are rich and lots of them are in Cali. Good Luck at Columbia rch, I have a list of school I’m intrested in. That question was for smile, lol. Smile do you want to go to a Catholic college?</p>
<p>You definitely want to have a coach or at least someone who knows the proper technique to make sure you’re doing everything right. I’ve jammed my thumb so many times, and I’m not even a setter. </p>
<p>At my school, I doubt many of the teachers would come outright and say who they’re voting for. They might comment on something like, “Obama is such a great speaker,” or something, but the only time a teacher has ever discussed politics during my classes was upon request. Something like, “Are you a Republican?” would perhaps bring back a one or two sentence response and then that would be the end of the said discussion. </p>
<p>Early_college, so do I. They don’t include any early colleges, though. Are you looking anywhere else besides Simon’s Rock?</p>
<p>Early, religious affiliation doesn’t matter much to me. I’m applying to private and public institutions. But going to a Catholic high school does have its perks, we get to more scholarships to Catholic colleges than public school kids! :). Are you planning on applying to Catholic colleges?</p>
<p>You see, I was going to have the club just as fun. Not like the real thing, like how we played at Gym. But I want to do it in college, does your school have a guys volleyball team? Any how do guys get experience in volleyball, because I know lots of schools don’t offer it? </p>
<p>If someone asked my teacher what party they were in, they prob. wouldn’t tell them. But for some you know for sure. </p>
<p>I have looked into the West GA program. I also like USC’s Residence Honors Program, but it’s so hard and I think I ruined my chances. Sarah Lawrence and Reed also have Early Admission I may want to do.</p>
<p>Smile I just saw your post, I have Holy Cross and Villanova on the list. Georgetown may also be on it in the future. Do your parents care if you go to college at a Catholic school?</p>
<p>I actually really like Muhlenburg, they have a good portion of both Catholic and Jewish students.</p>