The above t-shirt could be taken a couple of ways. I am sure it is meant as a quick swipe at Catholic education for late teenage lads and lasses venting their feelings at being educated in the Faith and having been given 'Catholic guilt', but it could be taken another way altogether. It could be interpreted as, "I went to Catholic school and my faith, incredibly, remains intact!" It is true to say that many Catholic schools have many non-Catholic pupils and non-Catholic teachers and, having seen the 'Here I Am' syllabus when I failed my PGCE in Primary Education so miserably, pseudo-Catholic teaching!
It is not surprising therefore that given that children go to school nowadays, get told all about sex and contraception and end up becoming naughty, giggling fathers at 13, that some parents would rather teach their little treasures at home, where at least they know that they will receive sound religious teaching and a good general education. They will know because they will see the evidence before them. The Government is attempting to clamp down upon homeschooling, presumably because if they do not, they will not be able to indoctrinate children with atheistic, secularist visions of the World, an unhealthy cynacism for religious issues, and ensure that 5-11 year olds manage to pass their sexual education SATS with flying colours.
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