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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re drawn to Catholic schools because of the service to others culture. We’re non Catholic, too. [/quote]

Doesn’t sound like much of a differentiator between schools to me.

Don’t all these schools like Sidwell, NCS and Maret have social justice programs too?[/quote]

Social justice is 1000s of years old in the judeo-Christian faith and education.

If you want the SJW or Hate America or I’m a Victim stuff, go to the leftist schools. Big differentiator in the DMV (only).[/quote]

What’s SJW?[/quote]

A religious friend with a kid at one the schools people talk about in terms of SJW (social justice warrior) describes the difference a bit like this: the Judeo-Cristian social justice teaching focuses on each of us seeing others in the world for their humanity, recognizing God within all, and developing empathy and a natural inclination to personally serve and alleviate injustice in the world (peace begins with you, do unto others, acts of kindness performed to perfect or repair the world, give alms and Tzedakahetc, peace in understanding, a sense of community wherein everyone depends upon and must contribute to the common good, personal humility).

By contrast, the phrase SJW comes from a political position, equal justice under law, a tradition of argument, political advocacy, and more recently, defining people by labeled factions to identify who to fight for and who to fight.

Note: not an either/or or all or nothing on either side, action and advocacy are both necessary, just the general tenor of the teaching philosophy she noted.[/quote]

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