Mine too, Lynell. I taught in a rural school district that was heavily Catholic and then up the canyon, heavily fundamentalist. Based on that and what my friends who live there say, I cannot have a lot of hope. We have a lot of pastors around with small churches that they can lord it over....pun intended. Lots of home schooling as well, not the Catholics, they have a Catholic system in this small town, but often to the detriment of the kids. It's too small a place actually for a Catholic system, but they had a wealthy Catholic lumber benefactor. That alone has caused all sorts of problems and resentments. We had students we called Regis rejects because they did not have to follow due process and could throw kids out easily. Sometimes we knew who was coming to us. Our kids also somehow believed they were inferior which was total BS. I had to explain to my basketball team once that there are good people and bad people and bad people can be found anywhere, even in religious schools.
It's my hope, Michele, that Biden's road trip to the families in rural areas will help them see he is truly supporting him.
Mine too, Lynell. I taught in a rural school district that was heavily Catholic and then up the canyon, heavily fundamentalist. Based on that and what my friends who live there say, I cannot have a lot of hope. We have a lot of pastors around with small churches that they can lord it over....pun intended. Lots of home schooling as well, not the Catholics, they have a Catholic system in this small town, but often to the detriment of the kids. It's too small a place actually for a Catholic system, but they had a wealthy Catholic lumber benefactor. That alone has caused all sorts of problems and resentments. We had students we called Regis rejects because they did not have to follow due process and could throw kids out easily. Sometimes we knew who was coming to us. Our kids also somehow believed they were inferior which was total BS. I had to explain to my basketball team once that there are good people and bad people and bad people can be found anywhere, even in religious schools.