How religious is Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s crazy is being triggered by equality for women and pacifism.

What's crazy is being triggered by a simple question and labeling anyone who asks it a provocateur. Does not reflect well on Sidwell.

Does not reflect on Sidwell at all. Only on you.

Anyway, lost interest once I figured you out. As you were

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You still haven’t said what is your problem?

Why is it crazy that there is a meeting for worship?

No one believes this is a legitimate thread. Lots of eye rolls at the game.

No one is saying that have a weekly religious service is crazy. What's crazy is to call someone hateful for answering a question on whether a school is religious by pointing out that 600 students go to a weekly Quaker Meeting of Worship. That's a factual response to a straightforward question. Not hate.

That is not what you pointed out. You pointed out that in your opinion there’s something akin to proselytizing by going to that word and that it’s crazy that those people put up with the Quaker minority

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is nothing about a $60,000 a year school that aligns with Quaker values.

There have been many wealthy Quakers throughout the years.

+1. Taking a vow of poverty has never been a tenet of the Quaker faith. The 5 key Quaker beliefs are Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship (SPICES). Sidwell tries hard to embody and promote those values. You can do well and do good—those two things are not mutually exclusive.

You do realize that the five SPICES is core Quakerism. I find these values lovely as well, but I wouldn't go to a school that faithfully applies Quaker practices, including a weekly worship service, and then try to argue the school is not religious.

You have reading comprehension issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's a legitimate question. Stop trying to shut down threads you don't like.

The original question is legitimate, assuming it was asked in good faith. It’s been answered many times here. Your kid will attend a meeting once a week during which your kid will be quiet and, hopefully, will contemplate life, etc. If that works for you, fine. If not, fine.

It was answered on page 2. Link from the website’s included. Simple Google will turn up student articles. And yet this goes on and on and on.

We are not stupid. There’s an agenda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is nothing about a $60,000 a year school that aligns with Quaker values.

There have been many wealthy Quakers throughout the years.

+1. Taking a vow of poverty has never been a tenet of the Quaker faith. The 5 key Quaker beliefs are Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship (SPICES). Sidwell tries hard to embody and promote those values. You can do well and do good—those two things are not mutually exclusive.

You do realize that the five SPICES is core Quakerism. I find these values lovely as well, but I wouldn't go to a school that faithfully applies Quaker practices, including a weekly worship service, and then try to argue the school is not religious.

You have reading comprehension issues.

No, they gave an agenda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You still haven’t said what is your problem?

Why is it crazy that there is a meeting for worship?

No one believes this is a legitimate thread. Lots of eye rolls at the game.

No one is saying that have a weekly religious service is crazy. What's crazy is to call someone hateful for answering a question on whether a school is religious by pointing out that 600 students go to a weekly Quaker Meeting of Worship. That's a factual response to a straightforward question. Not hate.

That is not what you pointed out. You pointed out that in your opinion there’s something akin to proselytizing by going to that word and that it’s crazy that those people put up with the Quaker minority

You've lost it. This is nonsensical. Are you drinking at the game?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's another factual response. The weekly Meeting of Worship is not held in a gym or some other typical school space. Instead, Sidwell designed a Quaker meeting room to look almost exactly like a typical Quaker meeting house, replete with simple wooden benches facing each other, and wood paneling and floors. It's a lovely room, but is fully the equivalent of a chapel at any of the other religious schools in the area. That might be what you want, or at least an acceptable price for your child going to Sidwell, but it is ridiculous to argue that Sidwell is somehow not religious. It is. And it's not hate to say that it is.

That’s what I mean. It’s not a legitimate question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You still haven’t said what is your problem?

Why is it crazy that there is a meeting for worship?

No one believes this is a legitimate thread. Lots of eye rolls at the game.

No one is saying that have a weekly religious service is crazy. What's crazy is to call someone hateful for answering a question on whether a school is religious by pointing out that 600 students go to a weekly Quaker Meeting of Worship. That's a factual response to a straightforward question. Not hate.

That is not what you pointed out. You pointed out that in your opinion there’s something akin to proselytizing by going to that word and that it’s crazy that those people put up with the Quaker minority

You've lost it. This is nonsensical. Are you drinking at the game?

That was last night, honest no agenda poster. No one drinks at the game. No one hates either

[Anonymous]

Why are Sidwell parents so hostile and defensive? You'd think being widely acknowledged as among the best would bring some peace of mind.

[Anonymous]

Not a SFS parent, but I think more highly of them for this weekly service.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the weekly bashing particularly when you’re trying to score off the WL deserves being at least called out for what it is: an outlier opinion or an agenda

[Anonymous]

Sorry - PP here and hit send too soon. What a great opportunity in today’s busy world to sit quietly in the presence of others.

[Anonymous]

The biggest difference I see is that any religious or ideological affiliation does not extend to any education or teaching.

That is not true for:
Madrasas
Jewish Day
Catholic schools
GDS

Or most of the other schools. So I love SFS and delight in its values. And get comfort from the grounding it has.

That’s the difference not point out that there is an assembly room. Or that actual Quakers are few. I have a huge admiration for them; so few and yet such an outsize and positive impact on the world

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No there is not. The community at large is 65% Christian, 32% atheist/agnostic many of whom have affinity for Christian traditions. I haven’t heard anyone complain at all.

What on earth does this mean:

“There is a disconnect between the school's professed values and the values of the student body and especially the parents.”

I can attest to it not being true.

This can't be correct. You're saying that 65% of the students are Christian, 35% are atheist/agnostic (with many of them having an "affinity" for Christian traditions, whatever that means, leaving 3% for everyone else.

Are you saying that no more than 3% of the student body is Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or something else?

That's not true.

I'm guessing that what is true is that no more than 3% of the student body is Quaker (at least at the start), and probably even less. Nearly the entire student body and faculty is compelled to attend worship services of a religion that's not their own. That's remarkable.

And this, Friends, is how legitimate this innocent query is? Quakers would not call you out for it and would consider your viewpoint. Unlucky for you I’m neither a Quaker nor suffer the hateful fools lightly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are Sidwell parents so hostile and defensive? You'd think being widely acknowledged as among the best would bring some peace of mind.

Correction, the best.
The weekly meeting which is nowhere billed as “compulsory” brings the peace of mind.

Do an anonymous petition please. I haven’t laughed that hard since the pandemic.