I went to catholic schools in Calgary and I’ve made pretty clear my views on Catholicism and how it systematically indoctrinates children. Limited empathy for others however, isn’t a feature I recognised within my time in that school system. If anything, learning and living in a way that was empathetic to others was a very strong feature of my time there. I had some incredible teachers in that system.
When I was in Calgary this year, I met up with a retired teacher - not mine but a mutual friend with others and it was just amazing listening to his stories and how his pupils remained in contact with him - one of the stories was mind blowing.
I agree there shouldn’t be duplication of administration/overheads and segregation, but I do think I was a student within the better school system - minus the indoctrination of course.
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