Trying to reclaim my faith

I got into a discussion with a friend on twitter this morning about how we don't feel our church did a good job educating us on our Catholic faith, and I agree 100% and beyond. The CCD/Religious Ed/School of Faith program at St. Mary's in Storm Lake is a complete and utter joke, and I don't care who I offend by saying that. I attended classes for the better part of 10 years, learned all my prayers, and went to mass with my parents, but I still do not know anything about my faith or the history of my church. My parents took a lot of criticism from many people when they allowed me to quit confirmation, but I don't understand why. Parents forcing their kids to do the confirmation program is the total opposite of what confirmation is supposed to be about, and I was not going to make the conscious decision to become a confirmed adult member of a church that I knew nothing about. What really angers me is that the kids who go to Catholic school seem to know a great deal more about the history of our church, why things are done the way they are, etc. The conclusion I'm drawing from this is that the kids who attend St. Mary's  get to learn more about their faith and the history of their church because their parents pay buckoo bucks for them to attend the parochial school. They're kind of leaving us public school kids out to dry, and giving up the short end of the stick because "you don't attend St. Mary's." It's kind of like their expecting the public school kids to just go along with things and not *expect* to learn because we don't pay a million dollars for CCD. (Okay, a million dollars is a huge exaggeration, but I digress.)
So, you are asking yourself, what are you going to do about this Kelsey? Well, I've decided it's time for me to take my faith into my own hands. I've scoured the internet and found online print resources that several parishes use for the RCIA program, I've ordered a book specifically written for Catholic Youth to help us understand our church, and I've sought out my public library for other print resources. If my church didn't feel it necessary to give me the education of my faith I deserve because I didn't attend St. Mary's, I'm going to educate myself. I have the support of my other public school Catholic friends and my parents, and I'm going to do this. I'm actually going to educate myself on the faith I've been living my entire life before I decide to become a full member of the church.
My friend Alyssa said it best on Twitter. "We are hurt by our lack of education." This is so true it's scary. Because we were not educated in most aspects of how our church works, the one thing that should be unquestionable in our lives is perhaps one of the most questionable things we deal with.