Cathloic school for a non Catholic?

hi namiya! I went to catholic school too and you're correct catholic schools accept non catholic students. However, before they accept them parents should agree that their children will participate to all activities facilitated by the school. Like attending mass or whatever celebration that they have. It will be really hard for the kids.

That's what I assumed, unless you want your child to be a Catholic/whateveryou were before why send them to Catholic school?

As you can tell I went to a non Catholic highschool and I am not catholic. I'm glad you survived highschool.

So this does happen. A few years back the subject of bringing prayer back to American schools. My thought was what happens to the Atheist children? Now I know they would have to leave the room. Were the Christian children bullied for being Christian?

That is my whole point, wouldn't a religious school insist you follow their rituals?

What would a non-religous child do? NOT have a religious subject? I would hope so lol! I wouldn't mind learning history of different ones but I wouldn't want anything indepth to study about it or be expected to adhere to or follow any of the beliefs.

For First thru third grades I went to a non Catholic school. They do exist thank G-d. My mom was an Agnostic my dad a Baptist. Catholic school wouldn't fit.

Oh, and I guess I might do that too. Where I live now I would have no problem sending them to public. But where I grew up, if I had to choose between the public school and a Catholic school - I'd go Catholic. Thankfully, there were other private schools around where I grew up. I didn't have to go to a Catholic one.

We only had one course that included God. I mean Bible was first thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day there were the regular classes. Oh, but of course our science also taught creation, not just evolution. I'm really proud of the school I attended from 4th grade until I went to college at 16. My parents started it through our church. They had been sending us to a Christian school way far away from where we lived. The public school system where we were had a poor learning reputation and it was a very dangerous school system. So they scrimped and saved to send us to the private Christian school. Since it gave a discount to pastor's kids, that is the one we went to. It's funny though. They taught Bible of course and had chapel. But they were a different denomination than we were so sometimes I'd come home telling my dad stuff about Bible class that we, in our denomination didn't believe. Then, in the fourth grade my parents started a Christian school through our church, and built it right next to the church. All of the teacher's children got to go free, as did I. Oh, and they even let the janitor's children go free. I'm glad they did that. I used to have to ride the bus to the other school. And kids all the time threw up in it. Anyway, our school had and I guess still has, a stellar academic reputation and that makes me proud to think my parents left that kind of legacy. It was have been a disaster for me to be homeschooled. I was so shy. If they had homeschooled me it would have been so much worse. I needed to interact daily with other people, other children. They had a hard enough time getting me to go on activities whether it be in school or in the youth group.

If I had a child , he would have a tutor. He wouldn't go to a public school where it was all about who you knew not the courses. Or would he go to a private religious school where it is about G-d and then good courses. He would get a tutor. That is what I wish I had. I went to a non religious private school until 8. It was fun . But then I went to public school where the classes were ok but I was bullied. These days the kids can get hold of more weapons. Or should I say if my son was bullied I would kill the bullies myself. Oops I ranted.Sorry.

Having a few extra prayers and having to dismiss Everything in your religious life to fit in at school are two different things. If given the choice between a oublic unsafe school and a Catholic school that will bully my child into being a Catholic I would get a tutor!I guess it is far easier just to say words you don't really mean if you are not that religious. Me? I rather die. Jesus isn't my G-d and being Catholic is impossible for me so why would I send a son to this type of school?

I would interdistrict transfer if I did not like the school(s) in my district. I've done it once with my older kids and I will do it again for middle school for my young one because I don't like the junior high in the district, or really the high school. I will NOT use a private school, they cost too much and I don't want anything to do with the religious aspect.

ok.

Did it work? Did he come out Catholic?

He got a good education, and he did not come out Catholic.

Even though your child may turn Catholic? Ok.

That is the reason I wouldn't send them to a Catholic school unless they come to me and say they want to be a Catholic. It is hard enough to study as a child why have them get mixed signals when it comes to religion.

They may get some instruction in Catholicism, but the majority of their religious upbringing would come from our church and home. I would hope we would instruct them well enough so that they would make an intelligent decision when they reach adulthood.

Exactly. School can be hard if you are different from the crowd , Why send your child to a school that may set them up to be Completely different?

That is college age. By the time you are 20 , you can make up your own mind.

Maybe someone could go to such school when they are of good age. When someone can fully understand what's to believe or to be done. But sending a little kid, it would only create a problem as to confuse a young mind.

Over here no public school can force a child to go to mass, thank G-d! Church and State are separated. I assumed that the word Catholic School ment the religion comes first. Unless you want to convert, a non Catholic wouldn't be welcome fully.

That is also the case here in my country. I haven't heard of a school forcing their students to attend mass. Yes, they encourage but definitely no forcing at all. But I don't think that going to a Catholic school means that you want to convert to Catholism. I myself is not a Catholic but attended Catholic School from kinder to college.

I still don't understand . Why go if you are not Catholic?

I thought so. I started this post because I saw in a movie a Senator's daughter being sent to a Catholic school who was not Catholic. It seemed like a punishment. I have heard about parents opting for a private Catholic school because of the courses being better and the school being safer but still, there is the religion thing. wouldn't a non Catholic get bullied?

I believe G-d made the earth Just as the scientists say it happened! I always put them both together. But then again I never cared about science.I thought that a Catholic school mean Catholic first , regular school work second!

I don't think a non catholic would get bullied, but the religion thing is way too much. Look, they spend more time on teaching religion then on the subjects themselves. And since it is a religious school, they do not teach you all the science. They tech you only the science that agrees with the religion. I happen to believe in the science of how the universe was created and why it is that way it is. But they do not tell you that. I remember them telling us in science class that god created the earth and the universe. Yeah right. Give me a break. They never told the truth about it. I am not a fan of religion or religious schools.

If I had a child , he would be tutored. No public school where he would need a weapon to protect himself or a private school where religion, Any religion is key to the education.

Yikes!

There are private schools that are not religious at all. You still have to wear a uniform.

But that's the whole point of going to a religious school, impose a religion on a child! If you don't teach , or force a child to follow a path they may actually grow up and have no path. At least that is the feeling you get from many religious people. Me? If I had a child , I would learn about All the religions of the world and then by 13, bar mitzvah age!, he could choose.

Mommyboo, you are great! You are keeping it open . This way your daughter will come to you when she finds her path.That's wonderful.

You are not required to go to mass?

I don't want them to Even be encouraged. I'm old school, School subjects are for the schools to teach,Religion , the parents unless the parent can't. I mean being Jewish there is no way I know how it feels to be Catholic so That is when I would send Johnny or Jane to Catholic school.

Ok. I can understand that. As an outsider I can't see being a Catholic but all that does is make me respect people who Are Catholic.

It doesn't hurt to know. I just don't want a person to try to bully a child into converting. Or bullying him/her if they Don't convert. At college you are an adult. You can say no and if someone attacks you , you can attack Right back! And most of the time it will be the bully will be the one who is told to leave. But if the School believes it And the Students believe it and a child is told he better believe it or else, it will be the outsider who is thrown out.