This makes me wonder just how smart the President really is. The school seems oriented toward social justus bull crap.
And since when are conservatives against feeding the homeless and talking with them? There but for the grace of God go I.
Definitely has a “progressive” slant in some of the descriptions I see on the web. “Diversity” and “social justice” seem more emphasized than excellence and achievement. Far from a conservative institution, I would guess..... though it may be hard to find any slightly traditional schools around DC, I don’t know.
An Episcopal school with female minister chaplains, the school is definitely on the “progressive” wing of the Episcopal churches:
Chaplains: The Rev. Patty Alexander and the Rev. Sally Slater
Well, it is an Episcopal school and he is Episcopal...just a rather old school Episcopal.
And what private school in DC is not?
President Trump is a social progressive as are most of the New York elite. In fact he is a progressive on many other issues. Look at the people he surrounds himself with. Look at his healthcare plan. Look at the taxpayer funded daycare programs his daughter is championing.
However, no doubt many of the leftists private schools in Washington would have refused Barron in order to score points with the media. Imagine if Trump had attempted to enroll Barron in Sidwell Friends and Barron had been rejected. The news cycle would have run with the story for days, despite the media screaming the children are off limits when Democrats are in power.
I suspect this school is today under tremendous pressure from some parents and benefactors to rescind its acceptance of Barron. Inside the progressive beltway there are likley few parents, teachers and administrators who are not loyal Democrats and far left in their politics. The left would like nothing better than to embarrass Trump in this way. In addition to tuition payments Trump is likely also quietly giving the school a huge gift in order to prevent an embarrassing rejection.
Stay tuned. This story is likely just beginning.
Why not just send him to a full blown fag school?
What’s this world coming to?
Someone claims you debate if jesus had communist views and read Chomsky ..former student
——This makes me wonder just how smart the President really is. The school seems oriented toward social justus bull crap.-——
Virtually every school is oriented toward social justice curriculum which in it self is not terrible as long as its balanced with an opposing viewpoint.
Just like teaching about Islam in it self is not wrong as long as it’s taught as part of an overall religious studies.
An education is supposed to be well rounded..
One needs to look no further than Ivanka Trump to see how Donald Trump has raised his kids. Smart and successful ... and as liberal as they get in New York City.
I don’t think helping out at a soup kitchen is going to turn the kid into a SJW. :-)
I have mixed feelings about that. Back in the dark ages when I was young, our "public service" consisted mostly of not getting arrested. The world has changed. When you look at private schools, especially the expensive ones, you are looking at kids who have grown up in a bubble. Most of them have two parents at home. At least one parent, and usually both, are working. The family income is high enough to pay a stiff tuition. They live in attractive neighborhoods surrounded by people much like themselves. Getting them out of the bubble is worthwhile. It is up to the parents and the teachers to connect the dots and explain the myriad ways that people wreck their lives. You can have a public service requirement without buying into left-wing victimology theory. A small example: we live on Capitol Hill, so my older daughter and her friends always racked up service hours doing support activities for the March for Life.