Cristo Rey Schools

Ok, basically, teenagers that go to these schools work part time in a big company and earn money to pay for their tuition. The dress code is buisness attire, which is very strict, and the students work once a week in thier companies. Currently, I'm going to one of these schools. The companies are in a variety of buisness companies, healthcare companies, lawfirm companies, etc.

So, what is your opinion of these schools? Should students be working at places like that? Should the dress code be that strict? Should students work for an extended period?

http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/

I have never heard of these as like high schools, they sound like an apperenticeship. These are actually very interesting, do most people like go striaght from these school into that company, like are they forced to in some way? how many are there?

The students go to school and a bus takes them to thier job. Their are about 51 of these schools in the whole country.

Can they be like a boarding school?

Sounds like a good idea to me. A similar thing has gained popularity with university students in the UK, due to tuition fees and student loans. Basically a company will pay for them to take their degree and then employ them for a few years after. One of my friends did work experience for a chemicals company who offered him a deal like this, but he's turned it down to do a degree in physics.

I don't see any problems with the dress code, I presume it's basically that you wear the same in school as you do at work (i.e a business suit, more or less)?

I'm sure over here that would look very good to a prospective employer/university. I would go so far to say that it might get you a place at uni even, seeing as the top bracket of undergrads are indistinguishable by grades.

I'm not too keen on it being specifically catholic education because I'm a strong secularist. It should be a personal choice. (I'll keep it at thatbecause I'm not trying to start a debate about religion here.)

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Can they be like a boarding school?

No, but the teachers go to really far limits. They will sleep in one house together and learn from each other to help teach the kids. There are about 6 teachers to a house.

I wouldn't like them for the kids that I will never have, it seems like they are grooming ids to be adults, and while duh, thats the point of highschool, we are only young once, and a highschool experience would be ideal over something that seems more like a work training program. I like the overall idea though. Jesuit schools have some of the best teachers this county has to offer, and I like the idea of an intense learning experience. I would support something like this, but less conservative for anyone's kids.

I've never heard of this. It sounds great to me. Students get experience and learn normal stuff. I can see benifits.

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I wouldn't like them for the kids that I will never have, it seems like they are grooming ids to be adults, and while duh, thats the point of highschool, we are only young once, and a highschool experience would be ideal over something that seems more like a work training program.

Yeah, that's the part that kind of sucks. I can't be a regular teenager like others, but it is cool being treated like an adult sometimes.