In my day, more nuns were sadistic than not. I've got a bunch of horror stories from personal experience. Best thing that ever happened to Catholic schools was lay teachers. Enough of that.
My experience limited to 5 years public and 8 Catholic in Oakland CA
Part due to just plain safety as in kids were getting knifed and beat in public but never happened in my Catholic school and we had a mix of lay and religious.
Still in touch with grade and high school nuns and priests…
Looking back it is kind of amazing my then 70 year old Catholic Nun 5th grade teacher could have 54 students where half that is considered too much now… parents desperate for safe school environment so class size kept expanding and LSD etc… kept at bay
Options limited in grade school as same class matriculates each year and coming from public quite a change regarding discipline.
Remain thankful for Catholic High school… really just an average student with tons of homework everyday but in College graduated with highest honors, deans list, different scholar societies… which I attribute to High School training.
High school was interesting with all kinds of guest speakers including daughters of Malcom X and Dr. King and Planned Parent Hood came every year and the Presenter said only Catholic School in the West to host…
All kinds of unrest going on at the time.
Weather Underground, Hells Angels, Earth First, Black Panthers, Patty Hearst, Assassination of Marcus Foster and Dr King and the list goes on…