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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 535164" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>Chiming in about Waldorf, also. My perfectly sweet granddaughter, very coddled, only child of two older women, goes to a Waldorf school and for her, it works. She and her mommies love that school. I hear the gossip about the families that blow their "contracts" by letting their kids play video games and watch TV and these families get treated differently. Even at my granddaughter's age, she sneers at the public school kids (very sweetly, of course) and feels somewhat above it all. There are no Special Education services offered (they don't legally have to, and they don't). So, any kids with behavioral issues get asked to leave. I guess if a student needs Occupational Therapist (OT), speech, etc., you have go through private pay. </p><p></p><p>I looked at this for my grandson, and about the time the knitting teacher (yes, they teach knitting to the kids in school) would come to do a class for the kids, I know he would put up his hand and say "You're kidding, right? Where's my bleeping iPad?" They don't teach reading until the kids get older, and my grandson started kindergarten reading and doing simple math, so I'm not sure how he would have spent his time. We just couldn't drink the Kool-aid, commit to all the fundraising (which is constant) and ask him to opt out of so many things he enjoys (educational TV shows, computers, character toys, digital games, etc.). I know the prevailing wisdom is that these things are causing problems in kids, but that research was done in 1970 and being an educator myself (in a very good public school district), I just don't buy it. Just my opinion and I know I'm quite biased. The Waldorf families are sweet, caring people but I know that my grandson would have that place down around their ears in no time. And the same teacher from grades 1-8? I dunno. </p><p></p><p>I know that things are quite different in Europe, so perhaps not one thing I've said here is true of the Waldorf schools there. I hope I haven't offended anyone, but the Waldorf experience is not perfect for everyone, and maybe stories from the "other side" may be useful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 535164, member: 13260"] Chiming in about Waldorf, also. My perfectly sweet granddaughter, very coddled, only child of two older women, goes to a Waldorf school and for her, it works. She and her mommies love that school. I hear the gossip about the families that blow their "contracts" by letting their kids play video games and watch TV and these families get treated differently. Even at my granddaughter's age, she sneers at the public school kids (very sweetly, of course) and feels somewhat above it all. There are no Special Education services offered (they don't legally have to, and they don't). So, any kids with behavioral issues get asked to leave. I guess if a student needs Occupational Therapist (OT), speech, etc., you have go through private pay. I looked at this for my grandson, and about the time the knitting teacher (yes, they teach knitting to the kids in school) would come to do a class for the kids, I know he would put up his hand and say "You're kidding, right? Where's my bleeping iPad?" They don't teach reading until the kids get older, and my grandson started kindergarten reading and doing simple math, so I'm not sure how he would have spent his time. We just couldn't drink the Kool-aid, commit to all the fundraising (which is constant) and ask him to opt out of so many things he enjoys (educational TV shows, computers, character toys, digital games, etc.). I know the prevailing wisdom is that these things are causing problems in kids, but that research was done in 1970 and being an educator myself (in a very good public school district), I just don't buy it. Just my opinion and I know I'm quite biased. The Waldorf families are sweet, caring people but I know that my grandson would have that place down around their ears in no time. And the same teacher from grades 1-8? I dunno. I know that things are quite different in Europe, so perhaps not one thing I've said here is true of the Waldorf schools there. I hope I haven't offended anyone, but the Waldorf experience is not perfect for everyone, and maybe stories from the "other side" may be useful. [/QUOTE]
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