Denying Children cause Parents are Lesbians

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Originally Posted by dreadgeek

Oh I can think of one off the top of my head: if it's a Jesuit run school the kids WILL get a good education. Will their heads be filled with a lot of religious flimflam? Yes. However, the parts that are *not* a muddle of hogwash and mumbo jumbo will be top-shelf, first class, education.

There are times I WISH I had gone to a Jesuitical school as a kid--not for the theology, of course, but because the kids I knew who did were very well educated. The Jesuits have been at the business of educating youth since, what, the Middle Ages and are very, very good at what they do.

They also happen to be superb at indoctrination but just the emphasis on casuistry (case-based moral reasoning) is, to my mind, worth the risk because it teaches people how to think about reasoning.

Cheers
Aj

Nods, Nods...

My son went to a catholic hs run by Jesuits... They knew he was agnostic, they knew his parents were lesbians... He was allowed to bring his male best friend as his date to the prom..(His best friend went to public school) He was required to attend high masses, but did not have to attend daily mass. He was required to take the standard catholic history/tenents class as well as world religion classes.

They taught him how to think.. They didn't just prep him for the next test, but taught him how to learn...