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Just to start off, I cannot for the life of me remember what questions we were supposed to answer, embarrassing right? So I will talk about what I am wanting to research and how I am going about to research it.

I enjoy learning the History and/or Theology (Theology: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world) of the Catholic Church.  At the moment I do not specifically have any questions regarding the History part of my Faith, but I do have an important question about the learning aspect.  How can a person teach Catholic Theology better?

I went to Catholic school from Kindergarten to Senior year of high school and not one teacher taught it the same.  Some were very boring to be honest, and we didn't get much out of class, which is unfortunate.  Some were really mean, like telling us that we are horrible people if we do certain things, which is not good because we are supposed to forgive each other and love leach other despite our human flaws.  My favorite two teachers related to the students a lot better.  They did their best to try to understand where we were coming from and how they can teach us properly so that we could use what we learn from a day to day basis.  I came out of the class feeling like I could live a better Catholic life just because they put what we were learning, like Catholic Moral life, into everyday situations.

I want to know what it takes to become a legitimate Theology teacher.  I know you can get a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Theology if you go to Catholic College.  But what if, lets say I, want to teach high schoolers CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) and can not afford to go to a SUPER expensive Catholic College?  Or enter the Convent (since I am a girl and can't enter the Seminary), which will mean that I become a Sister or a Nun in order to teach?  Do I still have to get a degree or is there a short cut way of being able to teach or do I have to go to College?  This is the first set of questions that I want to answer and I hope to have more questions that will follow when I get the answers.

I will research these questions in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, also known as CCC, and if I can not find them there I will ask my Priest Father Adam over at the Newman Center on campus.  And if he can't answer my question I know he will be able to direct me somewhere.

If anyone has any questions, go ahead and comment!

*Entering a convent is not something that I want to do, but the women who enter are Amazing.