The Importance Of Going To A Catholic High School

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The first thought that comes to your mind when your parents tell you that you are going to a Catholic high school is “What did I do to deserve this punishment?” All negative reactions and looking back at your previous choices in life to see what have you done in the past that led to this decision. Oddly enough, this was not the same for me. Since the only institution I have enrolled in was a Catholic elementary school, it was felt familiar to me to go to a Catholic high school. What I did not know was that the amount of diversity in my high school was lower than my overall GPA.

This was prevalent to me within the first three days of the school year. I was one of the three black girls in my grade. Yes, only three. Three black girls and four

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