How religious is Sidwell?

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s such a great school that if they worshiped like the Mayans, which they do not, you should still take up the offer


#truth
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:We have been wondering about this question… I understand is it a Quaker school. So, would you consider the school as a religious one?



If you've ever gone to a Quaker service, that's basically what the school imposes on the kids each week at worship. It's with a room full of kids, so it doesn't feel as serious as it would in a Quaker meeting house, but it's full-on Quaker.





Anonymous
It does not impose anything. Go back spewing hate on the Catholic threads towards the public school kids. You know who you are
Anonymous
It’s an accepting, warm, liberal community.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s an accepting, warm, liberal community.


Yes, and it's also a religious school (and warm might be debatable).
Anonymous
Even if I were trying to find a fault, I would fail.

https://www.sidwell.edu/a-quaker-education
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s an accepting, warm, liberal community.


Yes, and it's also a religious school (and warm might be debatable).


Yeah, we know from the weekly diatribes by a few frequent fliers. I doubt you’d be “warm” anywhere. It takes being warm to be warm.

That’s not a universal experience
Anonymous
We experience it in service to others, when we encounter worldviews and cultures that challenge our own.

Anonymous
Silent Reflection

Each week, all students and teachers gather together in Meeting for Worship, a time for quiet reflection in the midst of our busy lives. Although we meet in shared silence, any member of the community may choose to speak if moved to share a message.

In place of formal doctrine, students collaboratively generate guiding questions, or queries, as a means to examine their lives and measure their actions. Students from a wide range of faiths, as well as those without a religious tradition, gather strength from this communal time together.
Anonymous
It’s beautiful. And it’s very hard to find any fault with it. At its worst, you can center or have a nap
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It does not impose anything. Go back spewing hate on the Catholic threads towards the public school kids. You know who you are



Do you actually have a child there? If your kid is in the hs, you'd know that there is mandatory Meeting for Worship. It definitely feels less"religious" than going to chapel at the Cathedral schools, but yes, your child will be attending the religious services of a religion that is likely not your own.
Anonymous
Wow. You’re really a hateful piece of work. Yes I have kids. Go away
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s beautiful. And it’s very hard to find any fault with it. At its worst, you can center or have a nap



It's quaint. Let's pretend it's not really a religion.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It does not impose anything. Go back spewing hate on the Catholic threads towards the public school kids. You know who you are



Do you actually have a child there? If your kid is in the hs, you'd know that there is mandatory Meeting for Worship. It definitely feels less"religious" than going to chapel at the Cathedral schools, but yes, your child will be attending the religious services of a religion that is likely not your own.


I think I know what religion you are (and it’s not Christian, just in case the Catholics freak out). You could learn a lot, like advance by several centuries, by emulating Quakers. Maybe even join us in the contemporary age
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Wow. You’re really a hateful piece of work. Yes I have kids. Go away


In the hs?

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