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[quote=Anonymous]My kids go to Catholic school, I went to Catholic grade school, and my parents went to Catholic school. My parents talk about the nuns being strict, but I don’t think they were hit. They’ve never said so. I do think Catholic schools had some unacceptable discipline in the past, as did some public schools. I also think people still associate the horrible sex abuse that is more recent than that with Catholic parishes, even though none of my family experienced that and there were instances where that happened in other religious settings, the Boy Scouts, etc. Some people have a negative attitude in general, some people have a negative attitude toward Catholics, oh well.

If it’s just the nuns did XYZ 70 years ago or something else that may have been true in the past at some schools, but isn’t in our school, I usually just say that that was horrible, and we are lucky to have found a great school and community.

If people say that Catholics don’t believe in science or other untrue things, I do correct them and say that Catholic teachings are consistent with evolution, etc, etc.

There’s a difference between letting a joke or a cranky person’s comment go vs needing to stand up for your decision and kids’ school. This goes for pretty much everything in life.[/quote]

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