After attending Catholic School from Pre-K to twelfth grade and attending a Catholic college, certain things just seem normal. Here are thirty-one signs that you can definitely relate to if you attended Catholic school!
1. You went to school with the same 60 kids for over 10 years.
By the time you graduated, you knew everything about them and their immediate family.
2. You hated uniforms until you actually had to get dressed seven days a week.
3. You were upset when your best friends were in the other class.
4. You remember getting pulled out of class to fill Holy Water bottles, separate Palms, or move things from one building to another.
And you loved it! It was time to hang out with your friends and talk!
5. Year after year, the younger grades put on the same nativity play.
And the kids who were Mary and Joseph were always the envy of the class.
6. Fundraisers were taken seriously!
There was a pizza party or even a day off on the line!
7. At your dances, there was a teacher who walked around with a ruler to make sure there was room for the Holy Spirit.
8. Mass practice was a thing.
9. Every year you would learn the same facts about the patron saint of your school.
10. Seeing crosses in every classroom wasn't surprising.
Even though your public school friends seemed confused.
11. First Fridays were the best.
You had a half-day and mass so it teachers usually didn't make you do a lot of work. Then it was off to the local pizzeria with your friends.
12. May Crowning always took place on the hottest day of May.
You're still upset you didn't get to crown Mary.
13. Your eighth-grade trip was probably to a ranch or an amusement park.
14. There was a bottle of nail polish remover inside the principal's office for anyone who dared to violate the dress code.
15. G.U.T. cards and N.U.T. cards were the best.
You got to dress comfortably while the rest of your friends were in their uniforms.
17. Your school was probably named after a Saint, Bishop, or named Our Lady of _______.
18. Public school kids thought your parents were rich and a little strange just because they paid for you go to school.
19. Everyone tried to be the new kid's best friend because it was so rare to have one in your class
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20. Every morning started with prayer over the loudspeaker followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of a patriotic song.
21. Everyone sang in the choir from at least kindergarten through third grade.
Don't lie, you still remember the songs.
22. Everyone expects your handwriting to be perfect and when it is not they are surprised.
23. By the time you graduated, you had enough school apparel to last you a lifetime.
24. You had religion class daily and thought every other school did too.
25. You'd put on countless plays and your parents were still felt they had to attend even when you were in the eighth grade.
26. Practice for your First Holy Communion started as soon as second grade began.
27. The kid who got to read at mass or bring up the gifts was the envy of the whole class.
28. Community service was basically a requirement.
If you didn't do it, your friends thought something was wrong with you.
29. Dress down days were basically a fashion show.
You marked the date on your calendar and spent weeks planning your outfits. Of course, you made sure they met the dress code!
30. If you were out of dress code you got detention.
Nothing was worse than getting written up for wearing the wrong shoes or having your shirt untucked.
31. Your friends from Catholic school are still your best friends!
Overall, your Catholic school experience was one you will never forget and wouldn't trade for the world!
