Democrats really don't care about private colleges, they're more concerned with trying to fix K-12 than anything. I don't know any that would sneer if you told them you went to trade school.
Why would you need to learn about Jesus and Christianity in school? We already have churches that do that and you 're more than capable of telling them as well.
Honestly, we're the strongest country nowadays because our competition were more or less wiped out due to WW2. We have a lot of issues that need yo be solved but can't cone up with solutions everyone agrees in and would accept affecting their personal lives. I'm proud of what we have acheived in our time and would like to see us continue improving.