This post isn't exactly what I would call a defense of Catholic schools.

Wasn't meant to be. Certainly when I look back on the Academy and my grade school it wasn't the nuns and priests I remember fondly, it was my fellow students and many of their parents.

Loyola's majority of priests were decent, not great but decent, but some (at least 3) were Godless, lying, Chicken Hawks, nothing more and NOTHING LESS.

Interestingly, that's one of the issues with private schools (many of which are religious)- the teachers are okay, but nothing great, because they don't have to continue their education or learn about new teaching methods. Public school teachers are required to continue their education (at their own expense) if they are to maintain their certification. At the non-profit I worked at, we offered some continuing education programs for teachers a few times every year. I hated them, because they were always on holidays (because no school) so I had to work holidays, but then again, at least I was paid to be there on a holiday, while the teachers attending were paying to be there on their days off.

http://gawker.com/ceo-of-bankrupt-ch...s-i-1700456997

Good grief. That letter...

Oho....wow

I have no doubt they learned something valuable....how tone deaf can you be?

Except some of the lay teachers I had at LA were exceptional. While priests mainly taught things like English, Latin and Theology, lay teachers primarily taught math, science and history. The reason I went there was a decision made solely by my mother and it wasn't because of religion but rather the school being far superior to Glenbrook South, the public school I would have gone to. I just checked and Loyola to this day towers over GBS in both test scores and students going onto college. I must also add my hometown Glenview IL was upper-middle class to upper class and remains so today.

Also I'd say a 1/3 of the students attending Loyola were not Catholic and theology was not a mandatory class. In fact I was enrolled in an integrated science program freshman and sophomore year where Chemistry, Physics and Biology I and II were all taught in a 2-period class and those in the program did not take theology.

Out of curiosity, I googled, and in fact 13 percent of Glenbrook South's students are economically disadvantaged. Obviously, I don't know what the demographics were when you were there, but today slightly more than one out of ten students is poor. In light of that, they have an exceptionally good graduation rate.

Loyola's tuition is currently over $15,000/year.

http://www.goramblers.org/FinancialAid

You can bash the Catholic Church but trust me bashing Loyola is a losing battle.

And LA became co-ed to accommodate girls after Marilac HS an all-girls HS closed. At least when I was there we had far more minorities and low income kids than GBS did. And they were fellow Ramblers not minorities to us!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...mentioned.html


omg.
tickets so hard to come by, but this guy got one.
sigh

And how do they accept these lower income students? Do they just take in anyone, as public schools are required to do, or do they get to pick and choose who they feel will be a good fit for their school?

OOH! He can hang out with this guy!

http://gawker.com/english-only-usa-c...nde-1700601151

You have a point there as there are admission tests taken during the spring of 8th grade. There is also an interview process with the parents or in my case parent of perspective students.

First week of freshman year we were herded into the auditorium, all 500 or so of us with seating for only 400-450. We were then told at the beginning of Sophomore year there would be seats for everyone and to look around at the students standing and decide whether you're here or not will depend on how much work you're willing to do. Effort was judged more than results and the first 2 years seemed more like you were in the military rather than HS. However once you began Jr. year you were treated more as an adult than a student responsible for underclassmen's actions and any assistance they may need. You really developed a feeling of being a family and it truly was one of the best experiences of my life.

Funny but when I run into a fellow LA alum to this day no matter how many years apart you still get the feeling you're meeting a distant family member. Teachers, parents and fellow students truly cared about each other and for a kid coming from a home whose father didn't give 2 shiats about you it was enlightening for sure.

Can you tell I appreciate my Mom's decision to send me there regardless of what I wanted. (I wanted to go to GBS)

ohmygod! that is hilarious.

latin has it's own country, sweet jesus.
they better not go to a latin mass. i have, it was awesome.

what will they do if they see 'e pluribus unum' on the money? or hear a marine say 'semper fi'??

Fantastic choice of words, moron!

http://wgntv.com/2015/05/04/adolfo-d...encing-monday/

Resentenced from 'Life' in prison to 'Natural Life' in prison. Brilliant!

WTF, were they planning on keeping him locked up after his natural life was over? What a waste of taxpayer money and the court's time.

Meanwhile 5 dead 31 wounded in Chicago shootings over this past weekend. Not a peep from Jesse & Co. and no riots!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...503-story.html

ZZZZZZZZZ, wake me up when Dell has something new to say:zz:

That would be after the next presidential election and ONLY if a far right repuke- is there any other-WINS:eek::eek:

You're right who cares if it doesn't make money?

Adult abortions!!

status quo

A NYC policeman was killed by a 'thug' as well and ZZZZZZ

GFY!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...despite-faili/

Not only posing a danger to herself and those she is saving she poses a danger to her fellow firefighters. I'm all for hiring women to do the job but only if they're capable. This woman was able to complete the test once 'after many attempts' not even coming close to passing it on that one occasion and obviously isn't capable. Shame on the mayor!

Then you are going to have a decision to make when it is
Carly Fiorina v Hillary Clinton. Like 2 5K MCLM winners at Penn last out entering into the Derby.

Fiorina's trainer (voters) will undoubtedly scratch her before the big race for being lame. We'll see whether Hillary's will do the same.

Although if Hillary does run and wins she will be the first 'poor' President since Harry Truman, going all the way back to 1945, the year Hoop Jr. won the derby.

Poor doggies!

:eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-two-DOGS.html

Should have started a new thread 'Facepalm of the Millennium'

He's a small town boy from Hope AR with a $3 million FL home and a $500K home in Little Rock. The other small town boy from Hope has a $4.5 million home in DC and a $1.33 million home in NY. One made millions talking on FOX the other made 100's of millions talking to foreigners. One cheated on his wife countless times, one didn't. One likes sticking his cigars in vaginas and assholes, one doesn't. One has small town values, the other has no values.

You were onto something, you just got the wrong small town guy!

Can you say this with 100% certainty. Do you know what kind of debaucher goes on behind Mike's closed doors. He certainly doth protest too much for my liking. Would love to see his search history but he probably goes Incognito ;)

Nothing in this world is 100% except death and taxes.

Pretty sure the anti-Christian's have his history covered. Best thing they can come up with is he's anti-women and gays because he's pro life and marriage.

Quite the day for facepalms. The married victim should give the security guard a kiss.;)

During subsequent police questioning, Banegas said that he found the passed-out victim “sitting on the toilet with his shorts pulled down to his ankles.” After lifting the man off the toilet and onto the floor, Banegas said, he “saw the unconscious male’s penis and was immediately turned on so he began to masturbate while standing next to the sink.”

Banegas, who told cops he was gay, admitted that he was “so turned on sexually he stepped toward the unconscious male and knelt down next to him” and performed oral sex for “approximately 10 seconds.” Admitting that he knew his actions were wrong, Banegas told cops that he was “turned on” by the “attractive” victim and “couldn’t help himself.”

Asked by a detective what he would have done if security had not entered the bathroom (which Banegas thought he had locked), Banegas replied that he “would have sucked on the victim’s penis for a couple minutes more.”

The security guard who interrupted the assault told police that he found Banegas--whose swimsuit was at his ankles--with “a full erection.” The guard added that Banegas was “appearing to begin having anal sex” with the incapacitated victim.

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/c...-attack-908743

mike huckabee is a shyster. he's one of those who believes he's completely ethical, so he figures all that he does is ethical.
and then he got in trouble for the gifts he accepted while governor here in arkansas.
and, because he's a fine, upstanding preacher man who thinks he can look into a mans eyes and see his soul, word got out right quick that if you told him you'd found god...you might just get paroled.

look up wayne dumond. rapist, murderer. paroled early by the huckster, against the parole boards recommendations.
raped and killed again shortly after his parole.

he also commuted the sentence of the guy who shot and killed four cops a few years back in tacoma, washington.

check this out:

Huckabee is one of the Republican Party's most popular figures, but he has been dogged by questions over the more than 1,000 commutations and pardons he issued -- more than his three predecessors combined -- during his 10-year tenure.



google him, there's a ton of stuff out there. crushing hard drives, failure to declare campaign payments to himself, his wife....it goes on and on.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...rock_ethi.html


In Arkansas, Mr. Huckabee was investigated by the state ethics committee at least 14 times. Most of the complaints centered on what appears to be a serial disregard for government rules about gifts and outside financial compensation. He reported $112,000 worth of gifts in one year alone, nearly double his $67,000 salary.

Five of the 14 investigations resulted in admonishments: Two for failing to report gifts (one was later overturned), the other three for some $80,000 that Mr. Huckabee and his wife received but failed to initially report. One of these admonishments involved a $23,500 payment to Mr. Huckabee from an opaque organization called Action America that he helped found in 1994 while lieutenant governor, and that was designed to coordinate his speeches and supplement his income.

Mr. Huckabee caused an uproar when he used a $60,000 account intended to maintain the governor's mansion for personal expenses, including restaurant meals, dry cleaning and boat supplies. He also faced a lawsuit over his assertion that $70,000 worth of furniture donated to the mansion was his to keep. Sprinkled among all this are complaints about the misuse of state planes and campaign funds, mistakes on financial disclosure forms, and fights over documents related to ethics investigations.


some feel that's why he crushed all the hard drives, etc. the state had to buy all new for the next governor.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2...he_planet.html

oh, my goodness!!!! lol

How long till some gay nut threatens the life of this nutty old lady? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVKUap1HgU

Talk about police brutality! OUCH!

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-07-08-46-56

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2...isrc=obnetwork

South Carolina to SCOTUS: We Can Discriminate Against Women, So Why Not Gays?


interesting take by SC. and it's not a first. when the civil rights act was being promoted, some added to it to expand rights to women, figuring that would help kill the act.