A friend of mine was told by a Catholic school principal I bet you can see how our kids are more polite than public school kids, full well knowing my friend has public school kids! I learned about this yesterday and am so pissed off by her comment, I cant stop thinking about it! As a Catholic, this makes it even worse for me to deal with. The Catholic church is wanting people that left to come back. They are trying to appeal to people my age and younger to come and be a part of the faith they once shared. With comments like these, however, it only drives the wedge that much further. And as someone in a leadership role in a Catholic school, to bring it down to the absolute basics, was that a very nice thing to say? I certainly dont allow MY kids to put someone else down in order to make themselves feel better. Because that is what this was. My kids may go to a Catholic high school or college. Who knows? But it certainly will NOT be because I somehow think the kids there are more polite. There are brats everywhere, in all schools. Its the parents that make a kid polite, not a school. Our public schools here in Downers Grove have some of the nicest, most polite, loving kids I have ever known. Why do I know this? Because when Brenna was sick, they ALL came to our side and supported us! I wonder if the boy from Fairmount School who drew a picture of a sunflower for Brenna and had it framed knows that its up in our lake house right now. He wouldnt know this though, because WE DONT KNOW HIM! It was left anonymously on our doorstep--it just said it was from a boy at Fairmount. Countless other stories like this. My kids friends--every time they get out of my car, I get the thank you. When kids see me in the school helping, some come up for a hug or just wave to me. If I had to say something to this Principal--it would be to stop drawing lines. Dont isolate someone like me who is a practicing Catholic, yet somehow I dont measure up because I chose public schools for my kids. My kids experience love, support, friendship, and an awesome education from District 58. And one thing I can be quite certain of--is that my kids already know at 13, 10, and 8 that saying something negative about another group, is not acceptable. Why doesnt this principal know that?
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:16:01 +0000
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