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Originally Posted by Plaz
havin gone to catholic schools in my past (mixed gender and all boys) i must say... public school girls do it better
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Perhaps you came along too late to fully appreciate my perspective on this.
It happens that my late Mom was educated at a Catholic school in Europe (vastly too many kids in the local public school had head lice for want of exotic practices like regular bathing). When I entered (public) school, she dressed me as if I was attending a Catholic school, which is why my fellow students always suspected I was a refugee from such a place, even without considering personal manners.
As you might have deduced from my AAm sobriquet, this was in Brooklyn long ago. And while I attended public school, I heard plenty from the neighborhood kids who attended Catholic school. So I confidently assert that a splendid 1985 film, now all but forgotten, captures this time (1965) and place like a documentary, save for the compelling drama: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Help_Us_(film)"><i>Heaven Help Us</i></a>. It flopped because it was marketed as a sex comedy, while in fact this aspect is only a small part of this sensitive, bittersweet, nuanced film.
But if you guys don't start to behave like gentlemen, I'll have to put on my best Wallace Shawn lisp and give you a hair-raising lecture about
lust you will NEVER forget!