Personal Narrative Essay: The Value Of A Catholic School

Many people judge people who went to a Catholic school. They believe that all we do is talk about God and pray. I had one kid ask me all of the girls in my 8th grade class were becoming nuns because that’s what all Catholic schoolgirls do. People think of Catholic school and they think of how much more expensive it is. Whey that is true, the education is worth it, at least in my opinion it is. A lot of people believe that Catholic schools students do not get a well-rounded education because many do not offer, foreign languages, or other extra classes that some public schools can. That is however, not true. While at my school and many other Catholic schools you did not have a choice of eleven foreign languages you at least had the chance to take one. Catholic schools in history have also …show more content…
My grammar school was in Oak Forest but I moved to Tinley Park when I was about in third or fourth grade. So that means as I was going to Saint Damian, the kids I was going to be at high school with were all going through school together. From first grade and continuing into high school. So I was at a severe disadvantage, because I was joining my high school peers knowing none of them, when they had all grown up together. When it came time to go to high school my Dad especially wanted to continue my education at a catholic all girls’ high school called Mother MaCuley. However, as they thought about it more, a brand new public high school was being built and would open the same year I was going to high school. My parents ended up deciding that while they wanted me to continue my Catholic education, they realized they were paying tax dollars for this school so why not send me to it. I was excited to go to a public high school because that meant I would never have to wear an ugly plaid skirt and polo again, and could pick out my own clothes. Wow, how quickly that got old, and how much I wished for the simpler days of a wearing a