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Reply to "Waldorf school philosophy: What are the pros and cons"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with the pros above. More cons: -some schools allow bullying, saying that the bullied kid brings it on themself -attracts parents who are overly into the aesthetics of Waldorf -I live in an anthroposophical community for a summer, and a lot of the young adults complained that their education had been incredibly lacking[/quote] We saw one case of bullying in front of us during a tour. There was a girl of about 4 or 5 and she was literally behaving like a feral child and hitting another child and grabbing things. I asked if that was normal and the teacher said she was going through a process of “expressing herself”. [b]It was appalling, the girl would have been taken out of the classroom immediately in a regular school. [/quote][/b] Actually you’d be surprised what goes on in a public school. When a kid has a meltdown, the rest of the class actually has to leave. [/quote] They don't leave for just a "meltdown", they leave when a child is being aggressive or violent enough to endanger the rest of the kids.[i] Presumably a kid like that would be on some sort of IEP or something, so it's not like it's ignored. Presumably[/i].[/quote] Based on my kids' public ES kindergarten classroom, just because the kid has an IEP doesn't mean the issue is addressed. Multiple different kids shut down her whole class multiple times.[/quote]
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