Editorial
What am I, a farmer?
Waldorf means getting your hands dirty. That starts as early as messing about in kindergarten, continues in school in gardening and reaches its climax in the farm work placement in upper school – and then you end up as a biodynamic farmer? [more]
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Hush little baby
Julian wanders bored into the living room. He is in combative form or, let us say, in the mood for a good debate. He notices a book called Healing Education. [more]
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Great heights and depths
A strenuous hike in the Alps. We take a break. I sit with a few friends in front of the mountain hut. We have an overwhelming view of the snow-covered peaks. “That’s awesome,” comments Roger, “like sleeping giants.” [more]
Editorial
Progressive role
Anyone who has anything to do with children can confirm that girls are different – their demeanour is different, they play quite differently to boys. But is that really an innate way of behaving or is it our pre-emancipated observation which sees these differences? [more]
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Peace is hard work
“Why are there still wars?” Pascal suddenly asks at breakfast. I almost choke on my cereal. For a moment I do not know what to say. [more]
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Appealing freedom?
What would education be without freedom – and without trust in the future? For all our forecasting we are no clairvoyants, for it lies in the nature of human freedom that people act unpredictably. If everything went to plan we would not develop and nothing new would ever enter the world. [more]
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Creeping loss
On the way to school: Jan briefly checks his emails once more, bumps into a passerby as he rushes to the underground, misses the stop where he intended to get off ... isn’t there an app to alert you that will play a jingle? Jan quickly posts a message where he will be at lunchtime, perhaps there’s time to meet for a burger. [more]
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