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[quote=Anonymous]You either work at or send your child to a Catholic school because you believe that you are going to be in a good environment that is an example of the Church. What I found is that I had very high expectations going to Lourdes. I believed that it was going to be the perfect Catholic school in academics and in spirit. I had been under the impression that students of all academic ranges were treated with respect and that it was the culture of the school to believe that every child could be successful. What I found is that though many people say that they are Catholic, they publicly spoke negatively about the Church, Church leaders, and beliefs. Few students actually go to church on Sunday and few members of the school community are active in their parish. When it came to academics we found that the talk was just talk and not being practiced. Students who made significant academic improvements were not congratulated for their progress but berated and were not believed to have made the progress on their own. It was a very disappointing experience. Our experience at Lourdes taught us that you don't have to send your child to Catholic school to have a Catholic education. There was clearly nothing Catholic at this school Students went to Mass, but the culture of the school was not Catholic. The Catholic education is given at home and in the choices your make and model for your child.  I hope that other schools are more successful in modeling true Cathlicity in how people are treated.[/quote]

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