Personal Narrative: My Experience In A Religion Based School

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Chris,

I always find your writing so evocative and thought provolking. Similar to your experiences with religion, I was brought up Christian (Roman Catholic to be exact). From Kindergarten to sixth grade, I was educated in a Moravian church related school. Every Wednesday, all students at Moravian Academy were required to wear navy blazers and khaki pants to the church service which was so foreign to what I was used to in a Roman Catholic mass. Once I transfered to a Catholic day school closer to my house, monthly, manditory masses were held in my school's auditorium. I can definitely relate to your experiences in a religious based school. Throughout my middle school and the majority of my high school years, only the Catholic religion

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