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[quote=Anonymous]I think it partly has to do with school size and how kids can grow to be confident in close communities. My twins started in public this year after a lifetime in Catholic school and out of all the differences they've noticed, the biggest and maybe most disappointing one is that most kids in their new school who don't know each other don't even make eye contact let alone friendly small talk. One of mine compared it to sitting on a crowded metro at rush hour vs. sitting with the kids on their soccer team, some of whom are friends and some aren't but they're all still teammates.

It's a much different environment than one where the kids go to church together every week, their siblings might be friends, they see each other at the parish picnic, their moms chat at pickup, etc. My kids might not be the most extraverted 14 year olds ever but after that many years spent in that type of small community, they approach new people in the same way they always have, with the base working assumption that new kids they meet might want to be friends, and if they don't, we all still need to be polite and kind anyway.

In small schools, there's also no hiding; everyone takes their turn being front and center in class, doing readings for Mass, being a buddy to a younger student, etc. It's hard for the most introverted but it might contribute to the outside perception that everyone in Catholic school is outgoing; they're not, they just get to practice it more.[/quote]

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