An ad overheard on the radio:
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heystasaFather: So, what did you learn in school today?
Daughter: We learnt what makes the sky blue. [Father makes impressed sounds] We learnt where mountains come from. [more impressed sounds] Dad? Do you know where mountains come from?
Father: Yeah, ummm, mountains, that’s… uh…
Voice over: You never stop learning. Catholic education makes a world of dirrerence.*
YES, BECAUSE ONLY THE CATHOLICS LEARN ABOUT TECHTONIC PLATES AND LIGHT WAVES.
NO OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOLS COVER THISINCREDIBLY BASIC AND MANDATORY PART OF THE NSW SCHOOLS SYLLABUS SORT OF AMAZINGLY COMPLEX STUFF AND IF THEY TRIED IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE INFERIOR
Quick, everyone, enrol your kids in Catholic school so that they can get this top-notch science schooling!
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT 'CATHOLICISM' IS SYNONOMOUS WITH 'FIRM GRASP ON AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND REALITY'
Oh those catholics. They crack me up. ♥
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*This typo has been pointed out to me, but I'm leaving it in there because the irony of a public schooled kid making such a silly spelling mistake while mocking private schools (or, well, their advertising, at least) for claiming they provide a better education is just too good.
Daughter: We learnt what makes the sky blue. [Father makes impressed sounds] We learnt where mountains come from. [more impressed sounds] Dad? Do you know where mountains come from?
Father: Yeah, ummm, mountains, that’s… uh…
Voice over: You never stop learning. Catholic education makes a world of dirrerence.*
YES, BECAUSE ONLY THE CATHOLICS LEARN ABOUT TECHTONIC PLATES AND LIGHT WAVES.
NO OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOLS COVER THIS
Quick, everyone, enrol your kids in Catholic school so that they can get this top-notch science schooling!
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT 'CATHOLICISM' IS SYNONOMOUS WITH 'FIRM GRASP ON AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND REALITY'
Oh those catholics. They crack me up. ♥
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*This typo has been pointed out to me, but I'm leaving it in there because the irony of a public schooled kid making such a silly spelling mistake while mocking private schools (or, well, their advertising, at least) for claiming they provide a better education is just too good.
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Date: 2009-05-18 07:38 am (UTC)p.s. i was raised in catholic schools, and we learnt about this sort of junk, so clearly they're right! i never learnt anything about that sort of crap from public schools. QED
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Date: 2009-05-18 11:48 am (UTC)I must say it's hard to argue with that reasoning, sir. Touche`. Although, on the other hand, Catholic schools have never taught me anything at all. So. Dilemma.
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Date: 2009-05-18 08:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-18 01:32 pm (UTC)(icon used because it contains a catholic preist, not because I contain confusion)
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Date: 2009-05-18 10:44 am (UTC)Right? RIGHT?