Athiest parent sending child to Catholic school

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I went to Catholic school from kindergarten to 8th grade. Then I went to a public high school for 9th-12th grade.

I gotta say, I was shocked at how much easier public school was after having gone to a Catholic school. I remember thinking it was some kind of joke. In 9th grade I was light years ahead of everyone else, and all the stuff I was learning was stuff that I had already learned at a much quicker pace 2 years before. The standards were a lot lower too... less homework, much easier tests, much more freebies, etc. I basically didn't study at all, hardly paid attention in class, and still graduated with honors - something that I would NEVER have been able to pull off in my Catholic school. I did have a lot of fun though.

It depends on what you want for your kid. If you want them to have the best education possible and best prepare them for college, go Catholic school. If you want them to have a more fun and care free (completely care free lol) childhood, go public.

 I endured what passed for Catholic education in the late 1950's early 1960's. Unqualified teachers who taught be rote. Their favourite teaching aide was the strap. I attended De La Salle Brothers from grade 5 until I left after year 11.  Finished high school at night.  It wasn't uncommon to be belted every day for a week. Hated that place and most of the alleged teachers at a visceral level. My bother also went at around the same time. Our parents simply refused to believe we were being so abused. (there was never any sexual abuse of which I was aware)

Twenty years later, my godson went to the same school. It was utterly different going by his reports. By that time, corporal punishment had been banned in State Schools. That made it increasingly difficult for Independent schools to justify it. 

There's little doubt that my treatment at that school was one of the reasons I left the Church, but not a major reason.  It may well have been a catalyst.

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