Comments on: Change Resitant – Why do we Ignore our Senses? http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/change-resitant-why-do-we-ignore-our-senses/ Spiritual and Self Development Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marcus http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/change-resitant-why-do-we-ignore-our-senses/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Marcus Wed, 07 May 2008 12:52:45 +0000 http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/change-resitant-why-do-we-ignore-our-senses/#comment-508 When you wrote about the deal with the way you held a pen as a kid, a memory came flashing back to me. I remember a girl in one of my classes when I was about 9 years old. She too held a pen differently to everyone else; this was made into a pretty big issue - with the teacher showing the girl how to 'correctly' hold a pen. Naturally this put a lot of unnecessary focus on the girl from the rest of the kids in the class. Thing is - she was probably the most intellegent kid in the class...and was perfectly capable of writing. As you say, it is all about conformity. I am really troubled about what to do when my daughter reaches schooling age. I sure don't want to send her to a public school (funny, because in the UK 'public schools' are not 'public' but reserved for the 'elite' kids), at any rate I don't want to send her to a state school. But we don't have anywhere near enough money at the moment to send her to a Waldorf School. I always hear good things about the Waldorf Schools, and you have made it sound like it was a lot of fun indeed. Those schools certainly understand that life is about our spirit self as much (if not more) as anything else. As it stands at the moment I am thinking we will home teach her until she is 7, and then take a look at what options we have at that point... When you wrote about the deal with the way you held a pen as a kid, a memory came flashing back to me. I remember a girl in one of my classes when I was about 9 years old. She too held a pen differently to everyone else; this was made into a pretty big issue – with the teacher showing the girl how to ‘correctly’ hold a pen. Naturally this put a lot of unnecessary focus on the girl from the rest of the kids in the class.

Thing is – she was probably the most intellegent kid in the class…and was perfectly capable of writing. As you say, it is all about conformity.

I am really troubled about what to do when my daughter reaches schooling age. I sure don’t want to send her to a public school (funny, because in the UK ‘public schools’ are not ‘public’ but reserved for the ‘elite’ kids), at any rate I don’t want to send her to a state school. But we don’t have anywhere near enough money at the moment to send her to a Waldorf School.

I always hear good things about the Waldorf Schools, and you have made it sound like it was a lot of fun indeed. Those schools certainly understand that life is about our spirit self as much (if not more) as anything else.

As it stands at the moment I am thinking we will home teach her until she is 7, and then take a look at what options we have at that point…

]]> By: Brian http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/change-resitant-why-do-we-ignore-our-senses/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Brian Tue, 06 May 2008 21:04:27 +0000 http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/change-resitant-why-do-we-ignore-our-senses/#comment-507 I had the pleasure of attending a Waldorf School in Princeton, NJ. Unfortunately, my parents could only afford to send me for one year. Despite such a short time, I will never forget the experience. I attended "preschool" at age 5, but I doubt the grades were any different. The teachers were incredibly nice, and allowed the kids total freedom. Even with that freedom the kids rarely fought, and there was no bullies like in public school. These students were already different than most because none of them were allowed to watch TV! Some of the activities we did were playing in the woods, long naps, and even cooking! I remember even leaving offerings to the gnomes of the woods! Things like that would never be tolerated in public school! We used to cook every week, and the students would bring a knife from home! A kid this days with a knife would be expelled and drugged without question! I think that my love for cooking comes from these fun activities. When I went to 1st grade in public school my spirit was immediately broken. I was labeled stupid, mostly because I was holding my pencil different (waldorf teachers didn't care)! The teacher literally taped the pencil to my hand, to conform me! I was put in the slow classes to start, because I wasn't reading fast enough! It was like a jail, you weren't allowed to pee unless the teacher allowed you. She would let kids pee their pants after waiting for hours, to set and example! I used to come home crying everyday for most of the year. All of this is 100% true for N.J. public school in 1987-88, imagine the conditions now! Please if you have kids, don't allow them to go through the same thing! Public schools must be avoided, especially at such a young age! I had the pleasure of attending a Waldorf School in Princeton, NJ. Unfortunately, my parents could only afford to send me for one year. Despite such a short time, I will never forget the experience. I attended “preschool” at age 5, but I doubt the grades were any different. The teachers were incredibly nice, and allowed the kids total freedom. Even with that freedom the kids rarely fought, and there was no bullies like in public school. These students were already different than most because none of them were allowed to watch TV! Some of the activities we did were playing in the woods, long naps, and even cooking! I remember even leaving offerings to the gnomes of the woods! Things like that would never be tolerated in public school! We used to cook every week, and the students would bring a knife from home! A kid this days with a knife would be expelled and drugged without question! I think that my love for cooking comes from these fun activities. When I went to 1st grade in public school my spirit was immediately broken. I was labeled stupid, mostly because I was holding my pencil different (waldorf teachers didn’t care)! The teacher literally taped the pencil to my hand, to conform me! I was put in the slow classes to start, because I wasn’t reading fast enough! It was like a jail, you weren’t allowed to pee unless the teacher allowed you. She would let kids pee their pants after waiting for hours, to set and example! I used to come home crying everyday for most of the year. All of this is 100% true for N.J. public school in 1987-88, imagine the conditions now! Please if you have kids, don’t allow them to go through the same thing! Public schools must be avoided, especially at such a young age!

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