I did all the bawling-crying when our Cat school (quite a drive) was closed a few years back; I now think the public system (US South) is quite ...independent. We've got Baptist teachers, many of whom refuse to teach non-Baptist things (state-sponsored propaganda). Compared to the Cat school that was shut down, it's not so bad (if you keep an eye on things: drop in, volunteer, etc). We're doing more home-schooling, but the kids are at Mass enough, and our priest is really good with all the parish's kids (to know Latin, chant, the prayers, etc). In retrospect, I think the public schools aren't so bad
in the South, and if you take on the responsibility to basically homeschool. Our local public schools have afforded my kids a lot of freedom (independent classes; and my son recites Sext outside at lunch,
privately, but he's gotten a crowd, and our parish has gotten some of his friends' families converted. (I love converts; they're better than many cradles. LOTS of enthusiasm; good high standards to live up to.)
Women shouldn't go to college because they take jobs from breadwinners and lose their innocence.
You prefer a PC woman teaching mathematics in a public school to a man like me teaching mathematics in a Catholic school. That's the reality, behind all your pretense of benevolence.
I'm so divided on this, but I was in a grad-level mathematics when I got married and became a mom. My dad paid for most of my education, but my DH paid off my loans, and it doesn't escape me that I do nothing to "bring home the bacon" that I couldn't have done outside of 12th grade, except I think I am probably more capable as a person, and a teacher to my children. I don't think I would have been attractive to my now-husband if it weren't for a diffy q prof through whom we met.
And my mom (Lord let light perpetual shine on her) was the same way (except she was in Cat boarding school for secondary, and stopped with a Bachelor's, and had a career for 15 years before she married).
Both Mom and myself retained our, um, innocence (I got married in grad school; Mom had a career and didn't get married until she was about 35, but she lived with her mother and didn't date anyone until my dad).
I think college was beneficial for us both. She noted that I sure could have used some "home economics-type" classes (they had that in her day), but in both cases, we "attracted" strong, trad men who were VERY particular about who they would court/marry. (Also, neither my mom nor I had intended to marry: she had a career in fashion buying on the East Coast that was lucrative, to take care of her mother and help her other family members; and I never had an actual 'career', though I got paid for some code, and had great internships, studied abroad, etc while in college).
And yet, the moment we married, both Mom and I definitely dropped everything and filled our roles God intended. (We didn't work; both home- and baby-makers). My mom even put her assets in Dad's name the moment when they married. But I guess the thing is, I really REALLY don't think either my dad or my husband would have married ..."uneducated" women. But it was clear (albeit a cold rag in the face at the time!) that my husband didn't want me to complete my PhD; my dad agreed with him. I guess for my dad, college and grad school was like, "time between high school and Marriage".
Interesting discussion. Would you date a woman that hadn't read Russian Lit, studied abroad, etc? (Because I hadn't thought of it before this thread, but I REALLY don't think my dad or husband would have considered marrying women without some amount of education.) Just curious.