i go to a catholic high school in new england.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Catholic schools are parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. , the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system. In 2016, the church supported 43,800 secondary schools, and 95,200 primary schools. Catholic schools participate in the evangelizing mission of the Church, integrating religious education as the core subject within their curriculum. Irish immigration provides the main contribution to the increases in Catholic communities across the globe. The Irish immigration established the revival of Catholicism through movement to countries across Europe, United Kingdom and Australia. Historically, the establishment of Catholic schools in Europe encountered various struggles following the creation of the Church of England in the Elizabethan Religious settlements of 1558-63. Anti-Catholicism in this period encouraged Catholics to create modern Catholic education systems to preserve their traditions. The Relief Acts of 1782 and the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 later increased the possibility to openly practice Catholicism in England and to create charitable institutions by the Church. This led to the development of numerous native religious congregations which established schools, hospitals, orphanages, reformatories, and workhouses.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What do you think about Catholic Schools? Should religion and education be mixed?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Well, I think for some people it's a great solution and achieves the parents goals"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "With more than 140,000 church supported Catholic schools, it seems many folks would tend to agree with you. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm a teacher and have taught in Christian schools as well as public schools"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is very interesting. So from a teacher's prospective, do you think church and state should be separated? "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Not necessarily.  I see pro's and con's for both secular and religious based schools."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I understand what you are saying. I feel like freedom of religion should be up to the individual family. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes I agree and the most important thing is to know the child and give them the best thing for each individual if you can"}]