In the United States, enrollment reached its peak in the early 1960s, with approximately 5.2 million students. American Catholic elementary schools have seen a steep decline in enrollment in recent decades. Many are now closed. The system can be highly political and out of touch with the spiritual needs of its stakeholders. Actions speak louder than words. Pay attention IF and HOW the community is making a difference in children's faith journey, care for social justice, and building a better world, etc. If the school claims "excellent education," what is their definition of excellence? What benchmarks are they using?
PROS: People are generally nice. Spring break, summer break, winter break, students are fun, work is not stressful.
CONS: Low professional development/leadership pipeline opportunities for teachers and staff, very low pay, can be political. Low-tech. Religion/faith formation ironically can feel like an afterthought, a mandatory checkmark.
SUGGESTIONS: School communities vary. Read online reviews, visit schools, and do your research. Some schools are genuinely worth the investment. Others not so much. Independent Catholic elementary schools and Catholic high schools tend to have more resources. They share the same Catholic identity as its diocesan/archdiocesan schools but operate under separate governing structures: more innovation, less bureaucracy.
PROS: People are generally nice. Spring break, summer break, winter break, students are fun, work is not stressful.
CONS: Low professional development/leadership pipeline opportunities for teachers and staff, very low pay, can be political. Low-tech. Religion/faith formation ironically can feel like an afterthought, a mandatory checkmark.
SUGGESTIONS: School communities vary. Read online reviews, visit schools, and do your research. Some schools are genuinely worth the investment. Others not so much. Independent Catholic elementary schools and Catholic high schools tend to have more resources. They share the same Catholic identity as its diocesan/archdiocesan schools but operate under separate governing structures: more innovation, less bureaucracy.
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Get the school shopping mug.One bad thing about schools is the school bus being such an uncomfortable vehicle. Why use a special kind of bus for school. Why not just make all school buses like city buses with comfortable seats. See fire alarm .
by David March 8, 2004
Get the school bus mug.Easiest school ever if u fail here ur a dumbass. Teachers are ok but all the kids are dumbasses and prudes. This is the school where all the kids who got kicked out of other schools go to. THE MOST rachet girls go here for example girls that wear buns with edges and eat takis in the morning dont forget the MOST disrespectful to teachers. If its a cold day no worry one of the rachet girls will show up with a nasty blanket oh and it wouldnt be a morning without BESTFRANNNNNN. There is no inbetween normal doesnt exist. Its either the rachet girls or the prude girls. All the kids all come from weston so ofcourse they dont know how to party (so nothing fun ever happens) LMAO i swear these kids would die if they went to a real party. Okay now lets talk about the type of groups there are first the latin/hispanic group who think their the shit. Like I swear they have no other friends than in their group. The weird emo kids who are in band and are always kissing in the hallways. The theatre kids who arent that bad just really annoying. The incoming freshmen which are exactly what you expect them to be disrespectful to their teachers and always say “AND I OOP , SKKSKSKSSSK and thats the tea” sis. The prude and way too nice girls that legit think they own the school.
by Bitchass_. August 9, 2019
Get the The sagemont school mug.there are many posers and preppy girls who wear juicy couture sweatshirts and tight jeans and stuff the bras which they can't even fill out. These preppy girls often post on their facebook statuses "zoooooted" or "outtt too q loungeee tonighhht w/ the girlss" and tyyyppee liiiike thiiis. they are little ass fuckers that take sluty facebook pictures with tight sweats that show off their ass and tank tops to try and make their boobs look bigger, sure they're fucking hot and any guy would like to fuck them but their idiots. they most likely dye their hair a different color in the back and the preppy girls- scratch that EVERY girl has at least 1 pair of uggs. they always get hugs from guys who always touch their flat stomach and try to go lower on their flat asses. and most likely try to touch their boobs and then the girls make a big deal out of it but seriously their double a cups. the staff can suck it everyone is a bitch !
you try to dull your senses and try to filter out what every dumbass is saying about whoever. most likely preps go clubbing- in teen clubs and think theyre cool bc of it, but its pretty fucking gay- nathan lane gay. you might like those catfights and those rumers spread around and you might hate watching that hot guy get that hot girl, but sure sure there might be somewhere deep down inside you, deep deep down- at the bottom of your foot- you gotta love high school.
But seriously get a grip high school is a
PAINFUL FUCK IN THE ASS.
you try to dull your senses and try to filter out what every dumbass is saying about whoever. most likely preps go clubbing- in teen clubs and think theyre cool bc of it, but its pretty fucking gay- nathan lane gay. you might like those catfights and those rumers spread around and you might hate watching that hot guy get that hot girl, but sure sure there might be somewhere deep down inside you, deep deep down- at the bottom of your foot- you gotta love high school.
But seriously get a grip high school is a
PAINFUL FUCK IN THE ASS.
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Get the high school mug.Apparently a thing to whine and cry about. But where the hell are you going to go without it? Nowhere. Everyone has to do it, and those who don't, flip burgers for the rest of their lives. If you really hate it that much, then drop out and go do that. And a place where people go home and cry about not being popular and not fitting in with the kids in the cool crowd. Who cares, you're not going to see any of those fags in 4 years anyway. It's only 36 months. Chill out and stop whining and crying about getting too much homework. No shit we get overworked for no reason. But hell, it's not like we can stop it so just fucking deal with it you douche bags. And forget about making friends. There is no point. After 4 years, you won't see these people ever again, so just go home do your damn homework have some fun study and get the hell out as fast as you can. Now don't get me wrong, I don't like it or anything, but atleast I've faced dealing with it. Now fucking go study so you can get good grades, and get into a college that will get you a good job so you can live the 'American dream'.
High School is where you have to go unless you want to make minimum wage for the rest of your life. So get over the whole 'wahhh I have so much homework and I don't fit in with the popular kids' attitude and deal with it.
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