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Originally Posted by osubro
I spent 17 of my 30 years in Catholic education at La Salle. I coached, I taught, I moderated, I served, I cared...about every young man who "chose" to become a Lancer. There is certainly a difference, it seems, between someone choosing to be in a particular school or kind of school....and someone being assigned for whatever reason.
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In your 30 years in Catholic education, did you ever consider the possibility that most HS students' educational paths are
chosen by their parents....particularly when considering a private school? Kids are ultimately
assigned their school via their parents in most cases IMO. I guess it is good that you felt that the kids you were educating were special (for whatever your reasoning...it is a great thing). But, I would hate for educators in the Public school system to conclude that their kids are simply issued items using similar reasoning. Kids deserve to be coached, taught, moderated, served, and cared for regardless of the school that they find themselves attending. Now, if you were to say that you coached, taught, moderated, served, and cared about every young man who's parents entrusted his development to my school...then I would think that would be more accurate. I had a lot of friends from my hometown who transferred to Notre Dame High School (Private Catholic, of course), but not one of them had a lot of say in the matter.