[quote=Halo]
Actually, I didn't attend a "Christian" school. Normal schools are like that here in Britain - everyone, regardless of religious faith, sings those hymns in primary school (up 'til you're about 12). I went to private school for a couple years and they had to sing them in high school too. As I remember it, my primary school religious education was very Christianity-focused as well. The payoff is that once you get to high school it's much more multicultural and pluralistic.
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At my school, we sang and danced to This at our morning assemblies,

As you listen, imagine an auditorium full of about two-hundred kids with varying degrees of coordination, none of whom were fully awake, shuffling awkwardly as this song suggested. When the guys said "chacha now, y'all" we were allowed to take creative license in our dance moves. I usually stood stark-still with my hands jammed in my pockets as the mass of awkward bodies writhed disturbingly around me.

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[quote=8]
Contrary to popular belief, it's not much different than public school. We learned about dinosaurs and geology and all that normal stuff, if a student asked a question about how it conflicted with Catholicism it would usually be answered with something about how we believe something that wasn't the mainstream, so things would be a bit different. It wasn't oppressive or anything, they didn't force beliefs down our throat.Take this with a grain of salt, it was around 10 years ago and I don't remember everything too clearly.
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That's good to hear. It's pretty refreshing. Then again, for all their Dogma, the Catholic church is actually rather good at adapting with the world. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised.