@allagherii Yup. When I worked at a public Catholic school I was required to pray every morning as well as during staff meetings.

I did it because it was a job requirement, but it shouldn't be.

Why do Yanks always assume everyone online is American?

Me: I can legally be fired from a public Catholic school for being an atheist.

American Christians: Uh, no, that’s illegal. And it’s also illegal to have public religious schools.

Me: …I’m not American. Different countries have different laws.

Thinking again of the random American tourist who stopped me and my friends in our school uniforms, made a shitty joke about the colour, asked if we’d get hit (??) for not wearing them, my friend made a nun joke and he was surprised that we went to a public school. Which had nuns. In a Catholic country.

This is the same man who told us we didn’t have Irish accents btw.

I follow a blog literally titled @allthecanadianpolitics and every few months they have to point out to an American that the news article they posted is about Canada and not the US because the article title didn’t explicitly say that the news is about Canada.

Hell, sometimes Yanks assume it’s about the US even when it explicitly says that it’s about Canada.

This is true. 🥲

The religious schools in the US are privately owned, whereas the ones in Canada that I'm talking about are public schools. I'm paying for the schools with my taxes but I'm not allowed to attend the schools or work in them.