I almost to the point....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

I went to a bad public school. Someone else will have to defend them.

But you turned out to be one of PA's, if not America's, most outstanding citizens.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It is also worth noting that one of the reasons private school is so much cheaper than public school is precisely because they don't have to take everyone. Kids with behavior problems and non-supportive family lives and disabilities don't get to go to private school, and they're the ones who cost the most.

And those numbers are increasing at an alarming rate.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...We had weekly chapel and learned only religious songs in music class... but it wasn't until years later that I even understood that the adults teaching us these things actually believed them. I assumed it must be like a Santa Claus thing. And the music was very pretty, after all.

I thought every kid felt that way about their early exposure, until I met a few Catholic girls who were so traumatized by teaching Nuns, they bought the whole spiel literally.