Protestants. On the other hand the Catholic (maintained schools) are attended mainly by Catholic students and staffed mainly by catholic teachers. Voluntary schools are mainly long established grammar schools attended by Catholic and Protestant students. Because of geographical location these schools have a very low rate of enrollment. Most of the teachings, except for history, are similar throughout Catholic and Protestant schools, yet the attendance of students is less in the Catholic groups (25% Catholic; 30.9% Protestant). This has to do with the fact that there are far fewer Catholic grammar schools the Protestant grammar schools, so even if they qualify some Catholic children cannot enter school. This leads to less educational attainment by the Catholic societies, therefore increasing their “sides” when it comes to achievement. The backgrounds of the youth influence education in different ways also. The Catholic students come from the background of “triangles”; most of these students have parents who are in the blue-collar type of employment. The Protestant students come from a more “of a equilateral triangle” background increasing their opportunities because of being in a higher class. Therefore we can see that social class, or “sides”, effect the education of younger Catholic subjects increasingly denying them opportunities the Protestant youths will grow up to have. This causes the Catholic subjects to have to Dean 3remain in the discriminatory Northern Ireland more so than Protestants making them subject to my next observation, the discrimination of the Roman Catholic people. When discrimination rears it’s ugly head to the “triangular” subjects of the Catholic people, it does so in many different forms. I have elaborated on education and yet education is only part of it. Discrimination against Catholics, and the catholic community as a whole, w...
