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Binkie The Clown

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20. I went to Catholic school and the nuns were cruel and brutal to me, and humiliated me at every turn.

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:33 AM

Oct 2017

One day, in fourth grade, after having my knuckles smacked with a ruler and being locked in the coat closet for half the day I simply walked out and told the nuns I was never coming back. My parents, who were getting tired of hearing the nuns complain about what a trouble maker I was, and of hearing me complain about the "wolves in witches clothing" who beat me and picked on me, transferred me to public school the very next day.

Surprisingly, I got along just fine in that environment. And quite miraculously, even though I changed nothing about my own behavior, I was somehow transformed and suddenly ceased to be a "trouble maker".

On Edit: My younger sisters both went to the same school and thought the nuns were wonderful. It's been my observation, from a limited sample, that the girls in class got along fine with the nuns and the boys were treated badly.

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How come everybody I know who went to a Catholic school [View all] edhopper Oct 2017 OP

I'm guessing the nuns were promoting "obedience". no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #1

Indoctrination of students, being in command. Some love authoritarianism as a way of life. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #2

But must it be so edhopper Oct 2017 #5

Likely their childhood experiences bred them to be truly unhappy and angry women. And they RKP5637 Oct 2017 #11

Attended Catholic school for 7 years flakey_foont Oct 2017 #3

I think it is the era Sanity Claws Oct 2017 #4

My first grade class had an even one hundred kids. Demit Oct 2017 #8

Some most definitely were Siwsan Oct 2017 #6

In my school not all nuns were not cruel. They were strict and I think wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #7

They say that Catholic Schools are one of the primary sources of atheists. trotsky Oct 2017 #9

Works both ways Cartoonist Oct 2017 #17

Would the requirement of having to get up in the middle of the night and pray for a while shraby Oct 2017 #10

Selection helps. Selecting for not wanting to have a family. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #12

Husband went to Catholic school Freddie Oct 2017 #13

Lack of sex Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #14

Some were obvious couples at my school so not always the case . Yet closeted and in a convent lunasun Oct 2017 #26

In the late 1970s, the nuns at my Catholic high school were amazingly liberal, Mrs. Overall Oct 2017 #15

I went to 8 years of Catholic grade school graduating in 1956. Hangingon Oct 2017 #16

late 60&early 70s. Catholic Grade School irisblue Oct 2017 #18

Went to a Catholic boarding school Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2017 #19

I went to Catholic school and the nuns were cruel and brutal to me, and humiliated me at every turn. Binkie The Clown Oct 2017 #20

There weren't many nuns at my school. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #21

My first husband is left handed mountain grammy Oct 2017 #22

Well, I may be the exception that proves the rule rurallib Oct 2017 #23

It's true, but I'll say this for a Catholic school: Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #24

My wife got expelled from Catholic School at age 6 RussBLib Oct 2017 #25

They hate you if your smart and despise the fool... lunasun Oct 2017 #28

Don't forget Sister Cathy. They were abused by the creeps who ran the church then. JoeOtterbein Oct 2017 #27

I didn't. JNelson6563 Oct 2017 #29

My boyfriend went to Catholic school up until Doreen Oct 2017 #30

The kids run up to the nun at my son's school and hug her. RandySF Oct 2017 #31

Went to 2 Catholic schools run by 2 different orders of nuns. The first group was very harsh but I Squinch Oct 2017 #32

I did Catholic school from K-12 Glamrock Oct 2017 #33

i went to catholic school. drray23 Oct 2017 #34

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