I had a somewhat similar experience with the independent reading they let us do for AP - I selected the books pretty much randomly, but the very fact of their not being chosen by the teacher made reading much more fun, because less of an act of hostile submission.
Though I'm not sure I felt there was much I couldn't say. I remember testing the priests and religion class teachers about God a lot, the civics guy about socialism, and they were tolerant as long as I stayed polite. But sex was a non-sequitur topic given it was an all male school.
It was more about being convinced nothing very relevant would be said back. The Catholics were good at creating institutional molasses such that even your rebellion seemed like part of their scheduled day, not far from the movie If....; you could push all you liked and they'd just adjust their dance around you.
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Date: 2012-12-14 01:17 am (UTC)Though I'm not sure I felt there was much I couldn't say. I remember testing the priests and religion class teachers about God a lot, the civics guy about socialism, and they were tolerant as long as I stayed polite. But sex was a non-sequitur topic given it was an all male school.
It was more about being convinced nothing very relevant would be said back. The Catholics were good at creating institutional molasses such that even your rebellion seemed like part of their scheduled day, not far from the movie If....; you could push all you liked and they'd just adjust their dance around you.