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": "user", "content": "What do you think about Catholic schools, or just religious schools in general?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They are fine. I went to a catholic school for one year."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Are they as strict and judgmental as the media makes them seem?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Like all schools, Catholic schools vary by region or specific school. Mine was not the most strict school I've ever been to"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh okay. I don't really understand the purpose behind having religious schools as general education."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Me too. Making a Catholic education system was a reaction to the Anti-Catholicism of the 17th century."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't realize that there was an anti-Catholicism movement. They're one of the most prominent religious so that's really incredible!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Irish (Catholic) immigration into England (protestant) led to bloody conflicts in the western world at that time"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh okay. That makes more sense. I was thinking it was here in the United States! lol"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well the Irish were very persecuted in America when they first came also."}]