Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive

[karrie]

then it must be district by district because here in the Waterloo area you must be RC or a parent RC...people phone and beg me, beg me seriously...they are speaking of opening it up a bit but that will take a long time.

Yes, the info DaS passed along corroborates what you're saying. At the elementary level it is up to the school board and some don't accept non-Catholic students (like yours obviously). And then at the highschool level it is open to non-Catholic students.

 

[Sal]

Yes, the info DaS passed along corroborates what you're saying. At the elementary level it is up to the school board and some don't accept non-Catholic students (like yours obviously). And then at the highschool level it is open to non-Catholic students.

yes some of our Catholic high schools here in the area are HUGE...that would be why

 

[Blackleaf]

During the G8 summit at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland Obama kept calling Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, "Jeffrey".

The US President mixed Mr Osborne up with his favourite soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, who today offered to duet with the top Tory.

But George Osborne responded today on Twitter, writing: ' Jeff you wouldn't suggest a duet if you'd heard me sing.'


Read more: Barack Obama calls George Osborne 'Jeffrey' | Mail Online

Spot the difference: George Osborne (right) was repeatedly referred to as 'Jeffrey' by US President Barack Obama, who confused him with favourite R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne (left)

 

[talloola]

it would be the perfect world if 'all' students could attend an all world school, and in every

country, schools would be the generally the same.

BUT that is wishful thinking, and I think Obama just meant what he said as a general statement

and not any put down to the catholics, or anyone else, many just wait to find anything that

some say, to exagerate it into something it isn't.

School should be for regular education, and religious education should be done somewhere else.

Any kind of segregation is not a positive move, and usually schools that are private, is because

of religion.

I went to a catholic school, and it was very different indeed, with lots of relgious teachings,

one hour every morning of catechism, lots of church functions, and, oh yeah, school work.

No sports, and not flexible at all, hopefully they have changed over the years.