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[quote=Anonymous]I went to Catholic K-8, then started at a highly-regarded public high school in their IB program. My parents transferred me after one semester because I never once brought a book home for homework or to study and got straight As. My kids attended Catholic school for three years before we transferred them to an independent school. We didn’t like the Catholic school for many reasons, but it was academically rigorous. The school took a kill and drill approach, with lots of worksheets, memorization, tons of homework. It was not well-rounded and students could get by with rote memorization vs. critical thinking, but it was rigorous. They also had zero tolerance for behavior problems. While it wasn’t for us, I can definitely see why parents would prefer it to public school and I would have kept my kids there had public been our only alternative.[/quote]
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