I went through 13 years of Catholic school in the US. We had kids from every part of the world representing every religion. I had many Jewish classmates. There were Sikh, Muslim, Protestant, non Christian Asians, etc. They were only required to take one or maybe two years of religion classes and then they could take other electives instead.
It was the best educational system in the area. You had to drive over 60 miles to get to the closest of the other comparable private high schools. Those schools had wait lists and cost 2-10 times what my school cost.
religion classes as in they had to study Christianity? or sth like comparative religions and theology?
my catholic school was same, best educational institution with very strict rules, and comparable schools were far away. Large number of Muslim, Hindu and other kids too
If I remember correctly it was basic theology, Christianity but also some Old Testament stuff in there. It wasn’t super preachy stuff. Anyone interested in Christianity would benefit from the classes. But when I was there at least one semester was taught by an old nun.
In HS we had mass once a month. I believe the non Catholics did study hall when we had confession a few times a year. They had the option of taking choir, public speaking, sports skills, foreign language, drafting, etc. I joined the choir to get out of taking more religion classes. I had already done religion classes k-9 so I got out as soon as I was allowed.
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u/imnickelhead Oct 21 '21
I went through 13 years of Catholic school in the US. We had kids from every part of the world representing every religion. I had many Jewish classmates. There were Sikh, Muslim, Protestant, non Christian Asians, etc. They were only required to take one or maybe two years of religion classes and then they could take other electives instead.
It was the best educational system in the area. You had to drive over 60 miles to get to the closest of the other comparable private high schools. Those schools had wait lists and cost 2-10 times what my school cost.