and then the baby is going to be the prom queen! :O!!!!!

Or prom king.

Prom Monarch

Here in Canada Catholic schools are a lot better about things + there are rules and laws set up by the government preventing schools from expelling people for stupid reasons. Like pregnancy.

Even without it, the policy for pregnancies at many Catholic schools would be to allow her to continue. There are two reasons for this: to discourage abortions (which could be more easily hidden) and to ensure both the student and child could make a living.


Of course, having discretion is problematic, since the school's leadership has leeway like this. With someone like Father Quentin it is a good question. Even if she does remain there could be some harmful nasty things Quentin does. I do wonder why Father Quentin is the way he is, because he seems like he really doesn't like anyone or anything.

I would actually like to see that outcome myself... Best outcome in this worse case scenario...

He probably would. Which, ironically is good, because if he did expel her, this would be exactly what she might feel pressured to do.

Also, I'll say it again. Oliver Cromwell.

http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/library/images/Cromwell/achievements/cromwell1640.jpg

You're not alone there. I nearly screamed in terror once I saw "weigh in on what?"

Please mention not the traitor.

Who's the traitor? Roy Campbell? John Snow? Old Snake? George Lutz? Bill Guarnere? WHO?!

@j-eagle12212012

Keep in mind that there are exceptions to everything. Just because something happens in one particular school with one particular faculty, that doesn't mean it's automatically how things will play out in every school of that type (even in that location, year, etc.). The story you present with your mother's school is positive and optimal, but by no means whatsoever is that a guarantee at every single Catholic school. Even today. It very easily could've been the exception. Heck, one little change in the chain of command at that school, and it might not've even played out the same way there in another year. The thing is, since starting to write Emily's pregnancy story arc a few years ago, I've heard plenty of testimonies of schools (public and private) having a WIDE range of reactions to pregnant students. Some schools are very supportive. Some tolerant, but uninvolved. And some quick to sweep any potentially bad publicity under the rug by any means necessary.

As for your last point, no one has said Father Quenton was molesting anyone as far as I've seen, so I don't even know where that came from. He's not called "evil incarnate" because he's a priest. He's called that because he's apparently done things that aren't agreeable (to put lightly). We haven't seen him much, but he has a presence and a reputation among both students AND teachers. Even Brother Arthur's role throughout much of the story has been telling people to keep a lower profile so nothing gets back to Father Quenton. In theory, there's a reason for that.

I think the idea that Father Quenton is a molester came from the (ridiculous) stereotype that all priests are molesters. I don't think anyone has said anything about him specifically, though.

I understand about the school thing
As for the other thing
One of the comments above mentioned sending Father Quenton an Alter boy, I felt that that was enforcing the sterotype of all male Catholic Priests are molesters which isn't true. I would like to have a positive outlook and not judge a character who hasn't really done anything yet As a monster. If I'm wrong for that I appologize

Not to go White Knighting for a group I can't stand, let alone the other probably detestable half of what I'm doing here, but that's not a fair assumption.

I understand distrusting them (and I am entirely unperterbed because...well, sexual assault is a special kind of evil) but the way you word that makes it sound like you think it's a fact, or at least a reasonably sound piece of logistics from an objective standpoint.

While I'm not going to pretend this puts us on equal footing my stepsister (the only person in my ludicrously massive family that actually feels like family to me) was molested by a preacher's son while doing mission work in...I believe Africa. The most disgusting part is that she knew she was in a low point and used that to justify it ("You think you don't deserve to be loved? You don't, but Jesus loves you anyway") and I hate him more than could be stated here in good taste.

All in all, holding that sort of opinion toward an entire group (especially one so large) isn't exactly a healthy way to live.


Apologies if I overstepped my bounds there (which I probably did), I just can't see that kind of stereotyping justified in that manner and not put my two cents in. I wish you well and I hate the fact that this is something anybody ever has to go though, ever.

it´s not just me?