OH CANA-DUH

well sure, and i suppose me singing, "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit" makes me an opera singer

No, no, no . . . opera lover . . .

ha

as for the story, when i first heard the idea on the news, i was amused (but not shocked) by the adults (who are no longer in school) who thought it was a good idea, and the kids (who will be doing the singing) who thought it was a bad idea

but more power to the board, we all know the best way to make kids appreciate or accept a concept is by forcing them to do something

Yeah, they were talking to a representative of the Catholic District Schools on the radio, and she was very enthusiastic--talking about all the positive feedback she'd been getting. I think they could hear my eyes rolling in the house next door.

you should also let the kids then wave those maple syrup flags and shout obscenities as the opposing hockey team when they sing the Anthem.

I'm of mixed mind on this issue. When I was a kid in catholic school we not only sung the anthem, we said our morning round of prayers. I don't believe in enforcing nationalism is necessary. That being said, I well up almost every time I hear the tune. And, these kids will have an advantage over the rest of us, in that they'll probably learn all the words and not have to mumble through the french bits..

Acapella??? Teachers might need earplugs lol.

Is it for all grades? The little ones might think it's fun, but middle and high-schoolers will think 'LAME'!

We are talking private schools here, right?

I liteally laughed aloud at that one . . .

No. Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Québec) rebelled in the mid-1830s, and the boys on the scene brutally pressed the uprising. The government in London panicked at the thought of a perpetually rebelling pair of provinces, so they created Canada West and Canada East (formerly Upper an Lower, respecively) and then joined them in a single province, with its own provincial parliament. They left the two entities to work out the details.

Canada West wanted les habitants to provide public, secular schools for the English-speakers in Canada East (where the Catholic Church ran the schools), so they agreed to set up Catholic Schools in Canada West. So these are Catholic schools, and they are also public schools, in that the province pays for them.