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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Would a Catholic high school (which the kid wants to attend for other reasons -- athletics -- be inappropriate?

one of my partners sez:

I can only speak about my HS. I don't know much about what the other options might be like.

I don't think he would have a hard time at my HS. We had whole school assembly masses and a few other things that are very "catholic" but most of the school experience is just academic. Even many of the required "religion" classes are not purely "catholic."

We had a practicing hindu kid in our graduating class and he seemed to like it. He was almost held in higher regard in some ways (by teachers and other students). We had one religion class where the teacher asked him if he was willing to explain the hindu religion and his family's practices to us as part of our class. He did.

If the guy is looking for a place that has good discipline and high academic standards (not to mention good athletic teams), he would certainly find those there.