Well Known Catholic High School (All Boys) Cancels their Prom

[IndieMatty]

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I think I actually attended gym like twice. certainly didn't wash my hair afterwards.

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You know what a huge deal it was to miss gym? We had to have a note. If we forgot our cloths? We had to wear leftover dirty uniforms. If you forgot to wear your jock or white socks? You couldn't participate and had to go to detention.

[IndieMatty]

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honestly, the bottom line is this: I'm not going to send my kid to a school where they believe in magic. I just can't do it.

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You know Dynasty would.

[MrWookie47]

Uh oh. O'Dea HS class of 2K? You weren't by chance, a swimmer, were you?

[ThaSaltCracka]

nope, I know a few of them though.

[NorCalJosh]

o'dea? i graduated from blanchet. good times.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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o'dea? i graduated from blanchet. good times.

[/ QUOTE ]Blanchet is a pretty good school now. The Archbishop loves them. My Godfather's son goes there.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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honestly, the bottom line is this: I'm not going to send my kid to a school where they believe in magic. I just can't do it.

[/ QUOTE ]Public schools basically rely on magic to teach their students.

[MaxPower]

I used to work in a restaurant with a bunch of guys who graduated Chaminade. They were a bunch of degenerates, but otherwise likable. They also produced a gambling lunatic like you [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. (I keed, I keed)

It seems like they are acknowledging that a religious education is powerless to stop people from adopting materialistic values and engaging in risky/sinfull behavior. I don't think that make a great message for them.

[tripp0807]

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I thought it was logically consistant, but that last line was such a friggin' bitch slap to the opposition.

"to those who have shared dialogue and support this position, thank you for your untiring committment to your son and the values we both hold. To those who are struggling with this question, we hope in the days ahead you too will see the wisdom of this change."

i.e. You are entitled to your opinion, even though it's wrong.

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It's their school. They don't have to believe that the other side is right as well. What are they supposed to say? "We understand that those who disagree with us are just as right as us," or something like that?

I'm not Catholic, but I went to a good Catholic high school in Philadelphia, and I'm better off because of it, even though at the time, I didn't believe that.

[Sponger15SB]

Where is Ren McCormack when you need him...