text: And isn't it beyond ironic that teachers and staff in public schools often act much more like followers of Jesus than do those in Catholic schools?  I attended parochial school through 5th grade.  When we moved, and I was placed in a public school, the experience was so much better for me.  Then, a number of years later, I taught for a year in a Catholic school.  The latter experience sealed for me the decision not to send my children to Catholic school.