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shy-marker-pliers · 3 years

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Just Catholic School Things (AKA why i became an atheist at age 11)

PSA: everyone’s religious experience is obviously different. i’m just talking abt my experiences here and i’m in no way speaking for everyone who ever went to a catholic school lol.

Ok my parents are catholic and because of that i went to a small catholic school for eight years (preschool-grade 6) and hoo boy it was Something. tw for religion, religious trauma, all that good stuff.

UNIFORMS UGHHHH (the only colors we were allowed to wear were red, white, black, and sometimes you could get away with very dark navy blue)

you could choose from this wide variety of options: long or short sleeved polo shirt (has to be tucked in), black dress pants or dress shorts. sometimes they’d let you wear a sweater or cardigan but only if it was red or black. you could also wear a jumper dress as long as you had black/white tights and dress shoes. also the dress had to be black and red plaid.

we only got to go without uniforms if we were having pajama day which only happened like once a year, twice if we were lucky.

having to wear clothes like that for so long is probably the reason why i live in hoodies and sweatpants now lol

Asking my mom if she would sacrifice me if god told her to and her saying yes (i was in FIRST GRADE)

crying for hours and saying that i’m going to hell because i lied about having seen a movie (second grade)

teachers deadass saying that u only go to heaven if you’re the right religion (catholic) and even then you still had to follow all the rules or else you’d go straight to hell

having to tell a priest my darkest sins (this was not optional, everyone was required to do this twice a year)

people in my class thinking that you couldn’t be friends with someone if they were a different religion than you

having to learn cursive ughhhh (jokes on them tho cause now i can read cursive but refuse to write in it out of pure spite)

not being allowed to sing non-religious songs for our yearly christmas concert

being required to speak in church (readings, lord hear our prayer, gospel, stations of the cross, etc) which was hell for ppl that have a fear of public speaking.

also along with that we had to sing in the choir and be altar servers (again, this was non-negotiable)

ALSO ALSO whenever there was a funeral at church they would make 3 of the 5th and 6th graders miss recess and lunch and altar serve for it, and since there weren’t a lot of us we all had to do it at least once. i’m talking 10-11 year olds not getting to eat and having to spend an hour and a half plus wearing a whole ass robe in a building with no heating or cooling units full of crying people and a dead body

the only compensation i ever saw for that was a lollipop btw.

im sure that didnt affect anyone in any way

being super fucking clueless about the world around me until like the middle of 7th grade because, whether intentional or not, i was being sheltered

not knowing gay ppl were a thing until 4th grade and only because i overheard my grandma being homophobic and asked what she was talking about

having shit social skills because my entire school, from preschool to 6th grade consisted of about 80 people, including teachers and i had known the same kids since preschool, so i never had to make new friends.

we also had one teacher for multiple grades (for example, 3rd and 4th grade shared a classroom and teacher, 5th and 6th grade did the same)

going to church every week was literally a part of school. every friday we’d get to class, be there for like 10 minutes to listen to morning announcements, and take a 3 minute walk to church. then we’d spend like an hour and a half there and go back to class

and don’t even get me started on lent, advent, adoration, and benediction.

ok i’m gonna get started anyway

fyi advent is the 22-28 days leading up to xmas. lent is 40 days long, not counting sundays, and lasts from ash wednesday to holy saturday (the day before easter).

so every day during lent and advent we all had to gather in the hall or outside and say a decade of the rosary. for those unfamilliar this means saying one our father, followed by ten hail marys, and one glory be. so that’s like 12 minutes of our time that we could’ve been using to idk learn math.

and on fridays and mondays we had to do 2 to make up for the weekend so double the time wasted yayyy

we weren’t really allowed freedom of expression either. we were told what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, and that’s it. even in art class.

i understand art teachers having everyone do the same style of project (ie: make a watercolor paining, sculpt something, etc.) but ours legit had us do THE EXACT SAME THING.

like, one time we were doing origami and instead of being like “ok here’s some paper and some designs to choose from go wild kiddos” the teacher was like “make a crane, a star, and an envelope. they all have to be different colors and you can’t use white or black paper. ok go.”

total bullshit tbh

ill talk more abt her later cuz this is getting long lol

anyways thats my spicy religious trauma 4 u

but jokes on them cause now i’m an nb pan anarcho-communist lmao

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motheritsnotaphase · 6 years

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Allora 1, 13, 24, 40 and 45, Dess 8, 15, 22, 36 and 45, and Red 7, 18, 27, 35 and 44?

1: What is your character’s biggest fear?

she’s afraid of losing people she cares about, especially if it’s something she could’ve stopped. sometimes her brain gets mixed up and gives her visions about stuff that’s never actually going to happen and it freaks her out!! she’s usually pretty sure they’re fake but she’s always scared that she’s going to be wrong and one day something horrible will happen

13: What would your character die for?

she’d die for her brother (and her mother, but like, she’s already dead and there’s nothing she can do about that, so.) maybe her other friends too but it’s one thing to say you’d do it and another thing to actually hypothetically be in that position

24: What prejudices does your character have?

i don’t think this counts as a prejudice exactly but people who make her friends feel bad/uncomfortable? even if she’s never met them or doesn’t know the whole story? automatically horrible people. irredeemable

40: What would be your character’s favorite school subject?

history or english! she’s good at maths too but she doesn’t like it as much. she also likes art but she has a bit of trouble with it bc she can’t see detailed stuff bc she’s legally blind

45: What would your character change about themselves?

she wants to be better at talking about things she’s struggling with because she’s kinda cornered herself into this position of always seeming calm and strong and responsible when that’s not actually the truth

8: Does your character hate anyone? Why?

nah he either loves you or doesn’t care

15: What music genre would your character listen to?

harry potter soundtrack a variety of music! he particularly likes gentle piano-y stuff

22: What is the worst thing your character has ever done?

he hasn’t like, actively done any super terrible things but he does feel bad about dumping all his problems on allora all the time

36: Does anyone want to harm your character?

not actively

45: What would your character change about themselves?

he’d make himself better at taking care of other people!! he’d also make himself a wizard probably

7: How does your character feel about their name?

he likes it better than anything else he’s been able to come up with, even if it’s technically just a nickname

18: How would your character feel about having their life recorded?

embarrassed!! he’s done some dumb shit he doesn’t want other people to have that recorded smh. but on the other hand if it was his life before the Amnesia™ he’d be kinda like?? ok show me but also don’t show anyone else thanks

27: What would be the worst way for your character to die?

probably like… a slow painful death but not slow enough that he’d be able to get out of in time to heal himself. like drowning in lava or something Yikes

35: What is unique about your character?

he’s a communist uhhh i’m not sure tbh? the most obvious answer to me is a spoilery one and even then it’s been done before so idk. my ocs aren’t the most original tbh

44: What is your character proud of?

he’s proud of himself for making the best of a weird situation and using his abilities to help other ppl!! he’s also very proud of his bf even if he doesn’t understand half the words that come out of his mouth sometimes,

#ocs #the stupid name club....... fun fact i think about these nerds CONSTANTLY

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