Yup. A guy I'm pretty sure voted for Trump called me a bigot.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Going for a record as to how many times one person can be wrong in one thread?

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You think your school would be a mess without parental involvement, extra money coming in from parents, and the students are being tutored or getting extra help. That also describes what really makes a place like New Trier or Hinsdale Central or one of the other elite public schools. It's not a bad thing either.

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I wasn't going to pass up a good joke.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It's been my experience public school parents are more entitled than the private school parents.

I have kids in both.

I like both for different reasons.

Anecdotally, I went in for a roundtable with some of the faculty and one of the people said she could tell my son came from catholic school because he had a developed moral compass and was respectful.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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I was duped. Had I known this 5 years ago I'd probably have sent them to a Catholic school. I'd have spent the same amount of money and had less headaches. The public school system is working against the public and I don't think the quality of education is that good.

We get that comment about our kids quite frequently. And as you can tell from my manners and language, it doesn't come from dad.....

My in laws are still trying to figure out why their kids don't behave as well as ours.

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Just reading these last five pages now. I personally wouldn't blame Hatchetman if he decided to murder Rick.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Thou Shalt Not Kill. Learned that helping my kids with religion class homework.

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I think this is what Rick is talking about. The idea that one can only acquire those traits through Catholic school is preposterous.

After his sixth birthday in October, my older son said that he wanted to give some of his gifts to kids who won't get any presents for Christmas. So, that is what he and my wife will be doing on Sunday. We didn't ask him to do this, he volunteered. I couldn't be prouder of him. He is smart, polite, respectful, and cares about others. He attends public school, and has never set foot in a church.

Growing up, there were five of us boys all within a few months in age. I'd like to think that we were all pretty normal for the most part. One kid had some religious whackos for parents. He later got into trouble for exposing himself to a couple of teenaged girls. Good thing that he had a good moral compass.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Do you leave your neighborhood often?

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GO BEARS!!!

I am reading this late so it may have been answered in subsequent posts... FOR ME, there was a value in private Catholic school that was not strictly due to academics and religion. I grew up in a rough area for school. It provided a safe, comfortable, supportive situation for which to be taught. It was with smallish class sizes and yes even had discipline. Not nuns beating me but in the way respect for one another and accountability are learned. Maybe this is no longer true and it is outdated but that is a clear difference from public school independent of religious teachings.

For the record, my kids go to public suburban schools (when they were of that age for some). There isn't too much Catholic school out here and suburban schools I have found do not have the city problems when I was younger.

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What is with you guys in not reading my posts? I said the exact opposite. You didn't even read my posts responding to Rick not reading my posts.

I am repeating what I was told by a professional in the field. I don't vouch for anything implied or explicit.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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See, so this is what I was looking for. Along with pittmike's buddy denis, who lives in a seemingly shitty public school area by description, I can completely understand where a private school might be a better option. Where I don't get it are in areas where the public schools are actually good...short of someone wanting their kids to focus on the religious aspect, or they're just a front-running elitist asswipe, it seems like a colossal waste of money.

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Where did I say that you believe that? It's clear that there are people who do believe it, such as the person you cited.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Being sort of a Catholic you may want to drop this phrase you have used a lot in the thread. If you recall from your really a Catholic days the Bible as a whole is not as big a item in Catholic teachings as say Evangelical sects. New testament gospels and church doctrine is not studying the Bible in other ways.

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So?

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Elections have consequences.

No.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Jorr is getting his clicks/hits!

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Mine got that from football but that is a thread for Monday's clicks.

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You say that like it would not be a primary incentive. Catholic school is a great place to learn about Catholicism.

I think we've exhausted this discussion.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Sports and Catholic school is the only place kids can learn responisibility and respect.

It might get 20 pages.

Don't forget to start it on Monday.

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Football, not sports. Nobody learns shit from playing a pussy sport like baseball.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I am not an Admin/Investor here.

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This is obvious. I was taking a shot at non-religious types who live in a great school districts that want to send their kids to a religious school because they're elitist snobs.

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Let's be honest Mike.

We're all invested here.

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That's cool to hear. There's no doubt in my mind it is because your children have great parents.

In no way have I meant to imply that school is the sole or even primary place where morals and values can be taught. In the end, things that happen inside the home are going to have the biggest influence on children. When the school's value line up with the things being taught at home, it just makes both the parents' and teachers' jobs easier.

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I didn't mean it to exclude other sports. Unfortunately, my kid hated baseball and never wanted to try to learn it.

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A billion pages.

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