I guess it's engrained in me because I have lived in BR my whole life. Tired of seeing so many friends and neighbors leave because of the school situation here.

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Posted by Sasquatch Smash

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:52 am to TeddyPadillac

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Catholic schools

I went to Catholic schools for my entire pre-college education, K-12. I'm from a small town and went to the Catholic school there K-8, then went to a larger town's Catholic up the road for high school. The schools I attended probably can't brag about their academics all too much (especially since one closed not long after I finished), but I do think the environment was more conducive to learning than what I may have found at the public schools where I am from.

My original school was quite small, so really didn’t have classes like I might have had at a public school or a larger private school. I’m a fairly intelligent individual and could have gotten algebra out of the way in 8th grade or so like my peers in high school had, but my original school didn’t offer such things. So, I was “behind” the other smart kids in that aspect due to going to Catholic school, and never took calculus in high school. However, I had to take a religion class every year I was in school which I think is a total waste of time. Religion classes were not useful for a college education at LSU. I am no longer a believer, but even then I thought having an hour of religion every day, every year was a waste. We could have used that time for something else…anything else…that would have been more beneficial for the future. BUT…who knows if I would have turned out a different person without them. There were definitely drugs present in high school, though.

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Posted by mikelbr

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Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:26 am to lsunurse

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I was VERY lucky as a child that I was smart enough to be able to get into the gifted/talented program in elementary and middle school and go to a true all magnet HS in BR. There was no way my parents could have afforded private school. And they were always active in my education. They just also happened to be poor.

Same here. Got me out the hood schools and into the good schools that were in the hood(funny how they did that). Then when HS came they let me decide and, by that time, I was focused on grades and going to college. So whether I went to Woodlawn or BRHS, I was going on to LSU.

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Posted by TheIndulger

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:28 am to RealityTiger

You should turn off the TV. When I was at brhs there were lots of Christians, and even a student Christian club. No one was getting sued for talking about god

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