The Catholic Church has always placed great emphasis and regard on education. There still are, and will always continue to be outstanding Catholic schools. Unfortunately, far, far too many have collapsed. More puzzling, at least initially, is the collapse of seemingly "orthodox" schools. That is, schools that have "strict" rules, "the Rosary", a "Catholic environment", copious "daily prayers", and so on.
It becomes even more mysterious - or does it ? - when one considers schools that are parochial, exclusive, elite; children are - so we are told - selected carefully; coming from "devout" families....
A relative of mine on a number of occasions told me that she is not interested in the result of the "education" of the child upon graduation, but rather 10 years down the road: this space of time allows one to see if their is lasting quality and true results. One can then judge a school more correctly. Mysterious it seems, when one sees youth after youth from an ostensibly superior Catholic education turn out completely rotten. (more...)
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