Georgetown Visitation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a non Catholic want to go to a catholic school when there are plenty of public and non Catholic privates!

That would be my question too. The Catholic nature of this environment goes far beyond the Religion classes and Masses.

I don’t get it either. I know a Jewish family who sends their kids to a Presbyterian school and plans to send at least one to Catholic school after. I’d like to know how they explain the religious aspects of these schools to their kids.

You remind them of their faith and explain that you think that the education is worth sitting and listening and being respectful of other people's faith. Not really that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a non Catholic want to go to a catholic school when there are plenty of public and non Catholic privates!

That would be my question too. The Catholic nature of this environment goes far beyond the Religion classes and Masses.

I don’t get it either. I know a Jewish family who sends their kids to a Presbyterian school and plans to send at least one to Catholic school after. I’d like to know how they explain the religious aspects of these schools to their kids.

You remind them of their faith and explain that you think that the education is worth sitting and listening and being respectful of other people's faith. Not really that hard.

But if you leave out the Catholic religion stuff, the "education" isn't all that much different than what it would be other places. Algebra is still Algebra no matter where you go.

What may be harder is the homogeneity of thought among the great majority. Many of thee people live in a somewhat isolated social world. They are interested only in hanging out with the boys from their brother schools, Gonzaga and Georgetown. Their families vacation in the same places and belong to the same clubs.

When the conversation might slip into the problems or challenges of the Catholic church, this is an argument inside the family. Outsiders would be well advised to hold their tongues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a non Catholic want to go to a catholic school when there are plenty of public and non Catholic privates!

That would be my question too. The Catholic nature of this environment goes far beyond the Religion classes and Masses.

I don’t get it either. I know a Jewish family who sends their kids to a Presbyterian school and plans to send at least one to Catholic school after. I’d like to know how they explain the religious aspects of these schools to their kids.

You remind them of their faith and explain that you think that the education is worth sitting and listening and being respectful of other people's faith. Not really that hard.

But if you leave out the Catholic religion stuff, the "education" isn't all that much different than what it would be other places. Algebra is still Algebra no matter where you go.

What may be harder is the homogeneity of thought among the great majority. Many of thee people live in a somewhat isolated social world. They are interested only in hanging out with the boys from their brother schools, Gonzaga and Georgetown. Their families vacation in the same places and belong to the same clubs.

When the conversation might slip into the problems or challenges of the Catholic church, this is an argument inside the family. Outsiders would be well advised to hold their tongues.

Eh Many Visi girls date StA boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a non Catholic want to go to a catholic school when there are plenty of public and non Catholic privates!

That would be my question too. The Catholic nature of this environment goes far beyond the Religion classes and Masses.

I don’t get it either. I know a Jewish family who sends their kids to a Presbyterian school and plans to send at least one to Catholic school after. I’d like to know how they explain the religious aspects of these schools to their kids.

You remind them of their faith and explain that you think that the education is worth sitting and listening and being respectful of other people's faith. Not really that hard.

But if you leave out the Catholic religion stuff, the "education" isn't all that much different than what it would be other places. Algebra is still Algebra no matter where you go.

What may be harder is the homogeneity of thought among the great majority. Many of thee people live in a somewhat isolated social world. They are interested only in hanging out with the boys from their brother schools, Gonzaga and Georgetown. Their families vacation in the same places and belong to the same clubs.

When the conversation might slip into the problems or challenges of the Catholic church, this is an argument inside the family. Outsiders would be well advised to hold their tongues.

Eh Many Visi girls date StA boys.

So Gonzaga isn't Visi's "Brother" school and all those large groups of girls at the Gonzaga football games in Visitation sweat shirts are a mirage? It's not surprising, because that's where their brothers and the brothers of their classmates go and where their grammar school classmates are.

It's a question of scale. A "few" isn't "many".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a non Catholic want to go to a catholic school when there are plenty of public and non Catholic privates!

That would be my question too. The Catholic nature of this environment goes far beyond the Religion classes and Masses.

I don’t get it either. I know a Jewish family who sends their kids to a Presbyterian school and plans to send at least one to Catholic school after. I’d like to know how they explain the religious aspects of these schools to their kids.

You remind them of their faith and explain that you think that the education is worth sitting and listening and being respectful of other people's faith. Not really that hard.

But if you leave out the Catholic religion stuff, the "education" isn't all that much different than what it would be other places. Algebra is still Algebra no matter where you go.

What may be harder is the homogeneity of thought among the great majority. Many of thee people live in a somewhat isolated social world. They are interested only in hanging out with the boys from their brother schools, Gonzaga and Georgetown. Their families vacation in the same places and belong to the same clubs.

When the conversation might slip into the problems or challenges of the Catholic church, this is an argument inside the family. Outsiders would be well advised to hold their tongues.

Eh Many Visi girls date StA boys.

Dating? What’s that and how does that fit into “Hanging out in groups”, “texting” and “hooking up”.

[Anonymous]

Why do so many of the threads about the all-girls schools turn to who the girls are dating? Who cares? What are the girls reading?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many of the threads about the all-girls schools turn to who the girls are dating? Who cares? What are the girls reading?

No concern at all about the social environment? Who these kids hang out with? Who their friends are? What are their friends families like? What opposite sex schools do they align themselves with?

[Anonymous]

Who their friends are at school, yes. Academics, yes. Commute time, yes. What opposite sex school they align themselves with? Is this a harem or a school? No. Not in our calculus. In fact, getting away from all the dating drama is one of the main reasons for choosing a single sex school.

You guys are waaay too invested in your kids’ social lives and who you and your kids can meet through your school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who their friends are at school, yes. Academics, yes. Commute time, yes. What opposite sex school they align themselves with? Is this a harem or a school? No. Not in our calculus. In fact, getting away from all the dating drama is one of the main reasons for choosing a single sex school.

You guys are waaay too invested in your kids’ social lives and who you and your kids can meet through your school.

If you honestly believe this you are stupid. Truly just stupid.

The conversation on girls schools includes what boys they tend to date because most high school girls date and are into boys. Fact of life. Your wishing its not true doesn't make it so.

AND there is often more drama over boys and dating at girls schools because the boys aren't there every single day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who their friends are at school, yes. Academics, yes. Commute time, yes. What opposite sex school they align themselves with? Is this a harem or a school? No. Not in our calculus. In fact, getting away from all the dating drama is one of the main reasons for choosing a single sex school.

You guys are waaay too invested in your kids’ social lives and who you and your kids can meet through your school.

If you honestly believe this you are stupid. Truly just stupid.

The conversation on girls schools includes what boys they tend to date because most high school girls date and are into boys. Fact of life. Your wishing its not true doesn't make it so.

AND there is often more drama over boys and dating at girls schools because the boys aren't there every single day.

+1 This has been our experience exactly. And what is wrong with HS girls being focused on boys?

[Anonymous]

How often does this come up on threads about all-boys schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How often does this come up on threads about all-boys schools?

Actually it does, but it is couched differently. The concern is without the civilizing influence of girls in their classes, the boys will lack respect for them.

Of course this is nonsense. These boys have plenty of contact with the opposite sex after school, on weekends and vacations. As do the girls at the single sex girls schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who their friends are at school, yes. Academics, yes. Commute time, yes. What opposite sex school they align themselves with? Is this a harem or a school? No. Not in our calculus. In fact, getting away from all the dating drama is one of the main reasons for choosing a single sex school.

You guys are waaay too invested in your kids’ social lives and who you and your kids can meet through your school.

If you honestly believe this you are stupid. Truly just stupid.

The conversation on girls schools includes what boys they tend to date because most high school girls date and are into boys. Fact of life. Your wishing its not true doesn't make it so.

AND there is often more drama over boys and dating at girls schools because the boys aren't there every single day.

What?? What are you babbling? You must have smoked a lot of weed in your lifetime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How often does this come up on threads about all-boys schools?

Actually it does, but it is couched differently. The concern is without the civilizing influence of girls in their classes, the boys will lack respect for them.

Of course this is nonsense. These boys have plenty of contact with the opposite sex after school, on weekends and vacations. As do the girls at the single sex girls schools.

My DD studied and socialized primarily with girls during her years of girls high school . The BF thing started towards the end of her senior year which was a good time for her maturity wise. I don’t regret that she focused on school for most of her 4 years of high school rather than boys - that will make a huge difference in her future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How often does this come up on threads about all-boys schools?

Actually it does, but it is couched differently. The concern is without the civilizing influence of girls in their classes, the boys will lack respect for them.

Of course this is nonsense. These boys have plenty of contact with the opposite sex after school, on weekends and vacations. As do the girls at the single sex girls schools.

My DD studied and socialized primarily with girls during her years of girls high school . The BF thing started towards the end of her senior year which was a good time for her maturity wise. I don’t regret that she focused on school for most of her 4 years of high school rather than boys - that will make a huge difference in her future.

But in coed schools boys and girls socialize without dating. That's the difference, they are friends/work on projects together not just someone you date.