Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author, Dies at 89

vienna · 02-23-16, 05:40 PM

Our school was Jesuit and very hard line; aside from the "Unobjectionable" books, there was very little leeway in reading choices, not to say that a lot of us didn't stray. Our school was pretty much run by the nuns and they were a very conservative lot; the priests, being Jesuits, were a bit less severe, but the conceded to the nuns on all matters of curriculum. It was odd, since in other matters such as social sciences, religious history, and such, they were pretty progressive, but, then, the Catholics have been a rather contradictory sort...

BTW, I spent 9 years in Catholic school, from the mid 50s to the mid 60s, an interesting time span and an interest sort of place to spend it...

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,717 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Our school was Jesuit and very hard line; aside from the "Unobjectionable" books, there was very little leeway in reading choices, not to say that a lot of us didn't stray. Our school was pretty much run by the nuns and they were a very conservative lot; the priests, being Jesuits, were a bit less severe, but the conceded to the nuns on all matters of curriculum. It was odd, since in other matters such as social sciences, religious history, and such, they were pretty progressive, but, then, the Catholics have been a rather contradictory sort... BTW, I spent 9 years in Catholic school, from the mid 50s to the mid 60s, an interesting time span and an interest sort of place to spend it... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __