A story on the Syracuse Catholic diocese planning to spend $590,000 on scholarships, new programs and technology upgrades in its 24 schools in Central New York spurred a debate among syracuse.com users on Catholic school education vs. public school education. Here's what one user, fedupinpool, had to say: "From my personal experience, both past and present, Catholic schools demand...
View full sizeBlessed Sacrament School second-grader Sanaa Snagg collects her supplies. Blessed Sacrament and the other Catholic schools in the Syracuse diocese opened today for the school year.A story on the Syracuse Catholic diocese planning to spend $590,000 on scholarships, new programs and technology upgrades in its 24 schools in Central New York spurred a debate among syracuse.com users on Catholic school education vs. public school education. Here's what one user, fedupinpool, had to say:
"From my personal experience, both past and present, Catholic schools demand from their students a level of respect and excellence that is foreign to public schools. In public schools, there are excuses for everything. Not so in Catholic schools. When you demand that a students reaches a higher standard, students will perform. Public schools may have all the technology and perks, but they still do not perform well."Catholic schools are not immune to the 'problem child' either; behavior issues, learning issues, emotional issues are just tackled differently. Maybe the public schools need to take a look at how the Catholic schools do what they do and stop wasting the tax payers' money. I am thrilled that money will be used to enable more students to attend Catholic schools. Only good things will come of it."
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