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Barbara Curran-Guarino
Posted Feb 18, 2009 9:07 PM
Enough already people! Am I the only one who went to SRL and never got whacked upside the head, or ever had my knuckles hit with the ruler, or anything like that? I actually loved being there, except for the time I decided to play hookie, and living across from the school was an easy way for the nuns, specifically, Sr. Gertrude James, and another one who I can't remember to come and check up on me. But when they came to the door, and my dad answered it, and let them in, I was safely in bed, covers pulled up to my neck, and Sr. Gertrude sat on the bed, felt my head, and said,"You will be in school tomorrow, right? I said"Yes,sister" and my dad said that I needed to rest and escorted them out the door. Even though she knew I wasn't sick, and also that my dad had back me up, I NEVER was singled out or anything like that after I came back to school. I appreciated SRL up until we moved to Verona after the first semester of 7th gr.,and since Our Lady of the Lake couldn't or wouldn't take me in mid semester, I had to go to Whitehorn Jr. High.I HATED every min.I was there! The students had no discipline, no respect whatsoever for the teachers, students wanting to physically fight with teachers, and teachers threatening to take them up on it, it was surreal from going from a very disciplined school,to a school where students were just running amuck. Maybe having 2 parents who were both in the Marines,I was somewhat use to doing as I was told,but as soon as I could, I took the test for Catholic HS, and then went to Immaculate Conception, where, I met up with Sr. Grace de Paul while going to Mass one morning. I spotted her combat boots, and after Mass asked her if she was Grace de Paul, and she said yes, that she taught at the grammar school! I thought she was 100 yrs. old when she was at SRL!I guess she was still useful so they stuck her there.
After all these years, I still think SRL turned out a whole lot of good,intelligent,generous people, regardless of/ or in spite of, how they felt about the nuns.
I sent my 4 daughters to both Catholic schools and public school,depending on which state we were living at the time, and I've asked them if they had a choice back then, would they still want to go to Catholic school, and unequivocally it was yes.
So after all this, I still appreciate the nuns, and SRL. They were human, and probably made mistakes with some students. But at the end of the day, everyone survived, and if some were not as lucky as others, keep on posting how bad you had it there, because we're all here to give you a place to vent.
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