Atheists & Agnostics

Sanity Claws

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4. I think it is the era

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 08:28 AM

Oct 2017

People who went through Catholic Schools in more recent decades don't say that.

The Catholic Church and its schools were pretty mean in the 1950s and 1960s. It was reflected in their dogma - eternal damnation for dying in mortal sin and what was a mortal sin was fuzzy to say the least; unbaptized babies could not enter heaven but were condemned to limbo.
The Church has left some of these dogmas in the dustbin of history. For example, limbo is not even taught anymore.

Another issue was that in the 1950s and 1960s, the schools were dealing with the baby boom. This meant over 60 kids in a classroom. The only way for the sole nun in a classroom to keep order was through a liberal use of the yardstick and pointer.

As for the size of the classes, I speak from personal experience. I have an older brother, born 1952. He once had 72 in his class. I was born in 1956 and the highest number of students in my class was 68.
This was in Queens, NY, part of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

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How come everybody I know who went to a Catholic school [View all] edhopper Oct 2017 OP

I'm guessing the nuns were promoting "obedience". no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #1

Indoctrination of students, being in command. Some love authoritarianism as a way of life. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #2

But must it be so edhopper Oct 2017 #5

Likely their childhood experiences bred them to be truly unhappy and angry women. And they RKP5637 Oct 2017 #11

Attended Catholic school for 7 years flakey_foont Oct 2017 #3

I think it is the era Sanity Claws Oct 2017 #4

My first grade class had an even one hundred kids. Demit Oct 2017 #8

Some most definitely were Siwsan Oct 2017 #6

In my school not all nuns were not cruel. They were strict and I think wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #7

They say that Catholic Schools are one of the primary sources of atheists. trotsky Oct 2017 #9

Works both ways Cartoonist Oct 2017 #17

Would the requirement of having to get up in the middle of the night and pray for a while shraby Oct 2017 #10

Selection helps. Selecting for not wanting to have a family. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #12

Husband went to Catholic school Freddie Oct 2017 #13

Lack of sex Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #14

Some were obvious couples at my school so not always the case . Yet closeted and in a convent lunasun Oct 2017 #26

In the late 1970s, the nuns at my Catholic high school were amazingly liberal, Mrs. Overall Oct 2017 #15

I went to 8 years of Catholic grade school graduating in 1956. Hangingon Oct 2017 #16

late 60&early 70s. Catholic Grade School irisblue Oct 2017 #18

Went to a Catholic boarding school Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2017 #19

I went to Catholic school and the nuns were cruel and brutal to me, and humiliated me at every turn. Binkie The Clown Oct 2017 #20

There weren't many nuns at my school. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #21

My first husband is left handed mountain grammy Oct 2017 #22

Well, I may be the exception that proves the rule rurallib Oct 2017 #23

It's true, but I'll say this for a Catholic school: Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #24

My wife got expelled from Catholic School at age 6 RussBLib Oct 2017 #25

They hate you if your smart and despise the fool... lunasun Oct 2017 #28

Don't forget Sister Cathy. They were abused by the creeps who ran the church then. JoeOtterbein Oct 2017 #27

I didn't. JNelson6563 Oct 2017 #29

My boyfriend went to Catholic school up until Doreen Oct 2017 #30

The kids run up to the nun at my son's school and hug her. RandySF Oct 2017 #31

Went to 2 Catholic schools run by 2 different orders of nuns. The first group was very harsh but I Squinch Oct 2017 #32

I did Catholic school from K-12 Glamrock Oct 2017 #33

i went to catholic school. drray23 Oct 2017 #34

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