Kakki wrote: >>Interestingly, in the Protestant school I attended, they beat children with rulers and said other religions, especially Catholics were evil, yet in the Catholic school I went to, they would never strike a child, and the worst that could happen was having to stand in the corner or say ten times more prayers.<<
I don't know if you, kakki, or anyone out else there has see 'Liam', directed by Stephen Frears. It's very hard on the Catholic schooling that Liam had in the Liverpool of the 30s. Very good too on the way fascism takes a hold on the working classes when times get tough and how the friendly Irish (in this case) neighbours become job-stealing immigrants when one loses one's work. I obviously have no way of knowing if Liam's experience was typical of Catholic schools and personally doubt it but maybe I'm way off track here. I recommend the film for all the above reasons, and also, for the brits, for the chance to see 'Valerie Barlow' from Coronation Street as the evil teacher. Scary. >>I need to learn more brevity (but I tend to wordiness in my expressions). << Stand in the corner and repeat 100 times: " I must write more concisely (but I write too much)" There, that's four words out of the way. By the end of the week we'll by flying...;-) mike in bcn np David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. The First Day.
