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Catholic High alum in Baton Rouge question
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:24 am
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:24 am
Did you get a job or benefit in another way just because you graduated from Catholic? My son is at Catholic right now and is doing fine(honor roll-10th grade) but I am thinking about switching him to St Michaels . He is driving now and I hate the traffic he deals with to go back and forth to school ! St Mikes is only 7 minutes away and barely any traffic! I want to switch him but hate to if being a graduate from Catholic helps him later on in his life!
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:25 am to lsugal121212
Front row seat
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:25 am to lsugal121212
Stay at Catholic. Much better school and alumni base.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:26 am to lsugal121212
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:30 am to lsugal121212
If he gets the hell out of BR like he should, his HS connections won't matter.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:32 am to Jim Rockford
Not true. There are plenty of people that have moved out of LA that went to catholic.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:32 am to Jim Rockford
Why should he leave? He is my only child and I don't want him going too far!
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:33 am to lsugal121212
Not worth it.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:34 am to lsugal121212
you're thinking of making him switch schools because you don't like the traffic that he's got to deal with? 
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:35 am to Paul Allen
This is true! We were in Florida and Texas and my son met alum that lived there!
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:40 am to 777Tiger
Yes he has to take the interstate from Highland and its a damn mess! I am afraid of him getting in a bad wreck! I know it can happen anywhere but IMO he chances are greater dealing with B.R traffic daily!
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:42 am to lsugal121212
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Yes he has to take the interstate from Highland and its a damn mess! I am afraid of him getting in a bad wreck! I know it can happen anywhere but IMO he chances are greater dealing with B.R traffic daily!
don't be such a helicopter mother, that's part of the education, plus, he probably likes the drive
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:45 am to 777Tiger
No he really doesn't like the drive! He gets stuck in traffic alot and it takes over an hour sometimes to get there or home!
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:50 am to lsugal121212
My younger sister just graduated from St. Michaels and the number of students they had going to community college or worse, nowhere, shocked me. We had maybe 3 people from my class at Catholic go to BRCC while plenty got scholarships all over the country.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:51 am to prince of fools
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No he really doesn't like the drive! He gets stuck in traffic alot and it takes over an hour sometimes to get there or home!
Dude, I live half a mile from St. Michaels and still went to Catholic. Not once did I ever regret that decision.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:53 am to prince of fools
Initial high school jobs? Yes it helped me there.
Future job acquisition- no help there because I went out of state for college.
The school did help me significantly in being successful later on because of the social infrastructure and network I created. I would keep your son there.
Future job acquisition- no help there because I went out of state for college.
The school did help me significantly in being successful later on because of the social infrastructure and network I created. I would keep your son there.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:54 am to lsugal121212
Sounds to me like your mind is already made up.
CHS alum here. I loved my experience there and it has given me a handful of connections since. Even with guys that were ahead of or behind me in graduating.
Don't move your son because of traffic. That's just retarded.
CHS alum here. I loved my experience there and it has given me a handful of connections since. Even with guys that were ahead of or behind me in graduating.
Don't move your son because of traffic. That's just retarded.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:55 am to lsugal121212
As ridiculous as it may be, people who say connections don't matter are kidding themselves. 20 plus years on I am amazed at how this opens doors to conversations.
Ignore the haters, and the deniers, but if you are in a field where business deals and transactions occur (and don't just read this as being in sales), connections go a long way, especially in the South, and even more so in BR.
Being a Catholic alum and having been in a fraternity with a good alumni base has helped me immeasurably in business.
Ignore the haters, and the deniers, but if you are in a field where business deals and transactions occur (and don't just read this as being in sales), connections go a long way, especially in the South, and even more so in BR.
Being a Catholic alum and having been in a fraternity with a good alumni base has helped me immeasurably in business.
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 11:56 am
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:56 am to lsugal121212
He only has 2 more years. Leave him there.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:58 am to GetBackToWork
Thanks everyone, very helpful! I will keep him at Catholic
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