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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our experience was that there is a LOT of work and homework at the catholic school, but not a great DEPTH of study.  So, “rigor” in the sense of very busy and generating lots of papers, but not a rigorous depth of learning necessarily and not any probing studying or wonder.   [/quote]
Traditional schools like catholic schools follow the rote memorization learning style of the 20th century.  They don't ask   "explain your thinking", which I know many parents and students alike hate.  TBH, "explain your thinking" isn't applicable in all cases, but the reasoning behind the recent craze of "explain your thinking" is to spur critical thinking skills.

A lot of Asian countries still use the rote memorization teaching style but it's changing.  [/quote]

You guys are peddling in tropes. Catholic schools are not all one thing, so PP's experience with one, even if true, cannot be applied to all of the others. To say Catholic education is all about rote memorization with no critical thinking, and others claiming Catholics teach Creationism, and still others saying they don't teach science (on other threads), is the kind of misinformation and bigotry that is constantly allowed in this forum and it is so dang tired and wrong.[/quote]
but it's fine to claim that all public schools are a dumpster fire, right?.. because that's what a lot of private school parents claim.[/quote]

Awww, if the truth hurts so much, go put your head in a hole.  All you have to do is go to this forum to see what a mess MCPS is.  https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/forums/show/44.page
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please.. it's the catholic school parents who are defensive.

To quote PP: "Catholic schools are not all one thing, so PP's experience with one, even if true, cannot be applied to all of the others"

I suppose this logic only applies to catholic schools but not public schools, right?

You point to some people who complain about MCPS as your proof that all public schools are a dumpster fire.

Let's rewrite PP's quote:  "[public] schools are not all one thing, so [some people's] experience with one, even if true, cannot be applied to all of the others"

Were you educated in a catholic school, by chance? Critical thinking skills aren't taught there, I see.  There's that rote memorization coming up to rear its head, I suppose.

You're a terrible example of a catholic school educated person.  Don't make that public.[/quote]

Never said all public schools were a dumpster fire...just most.  And again, not Catholic.  Actually schooled in a pretty bad public school in the northeast and never got past community college.[/quote]

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