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catholic schools: Goody Two Shoes - 03/05/09 10:29 PM
In seventh grade, the diocese of Rockville Centre tried a somewhat radical strategy, regrouping the 150 students in each grade at St. Ignatius according to their academic abilities.  It would never fly in today's politically correct world where they would be sued for the psychological damage they did to those in the lowest track.  Nevermind that it allowed everyone to work at their proper pace and challenged those at the top by creating greater competition.  The reason this track system is relevant to me is that it left me somewhat isolated in 7th grade.  Up until that point, my mixed class … (1 comments)

catholic schools: Championship Season - 01/29/09 11:41 AM
It was the spring of 1969 which, for those of you not from the NY area, was destined to be a pretty magical year.  I made up my mind to try out for the traveling baseball team at St. Ignatius.  I knew I didn't really belong on the team from a talent standpoint, but most of my best friends were on the team so I figured, "nothing ventured, nothing gained."  When I showed up at the field that Saturday morning, there were already about a dozen guys there and of those 12 there were only one or two that were down … (1 comments)

 

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