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Posted: Sat 13:48, 27 Jul 2013 Post subject: by a long shot |
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? What, in short, is wrong with me?In response I would say, first, that while I'm not on board with all of Waldorf philosophy, I am absolutely on board with parts of it -- and those, are I think,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the most important parts. I would rather have my nine-year-old learn about gnomes, by a long shot, than spend his school days preparing for a multiple-choice test designed by some distant bureaucrat. I love that recess and flopping about in the mud in all weather and movement (that's Waldorf for "gym") are considered not discardable extras, but central parts of learning. And I really love that his gym teacher is not encouraging him -- as my public school gym teacher encouraged me -- to pick on the kids in the class who were weaker, or, in one case, on the kid who had to wear braces on his legs.And there are plenty of other examples. I love the arts education -- my son,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in third grade, can really and truly draw in a way that I still can't, because no one cared to teach me. I love that he knows how to knit. I love
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