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> To: gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:34:19 +0200 > From: ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Study Finds New Pop Music Does All Sound the Same. > > On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:32:41 +0200, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Of course, this is compounded by the way at least the American education > > used to put a lot of effort into discouraging students from singing or > > playing music ... > > *chuckle* > > As I explained in my previous mails, discouraging children to become > creative already starts on German elementary schools. > They teach them to use the left brain, instead of the right brain and they > don't shy away from teaching dyslexics how to read by that ugly left brain > thinking too. I wonder that they don't beat left-handers anymore. I > suspect they don't understand what already seems to be known since the > 80s, about how the brain seems to work. They have tons of affirmative > action to teach the children arts, to teach dyslexics reading etc., but > this seldom is done by artists, experts, it's done by social workers who > miss to join their own psychotherapy. > > Regards, > Ralf I was quite surprised to read this, with Germany being the birth-place of the Steiner/Waldorf education system, which VERY much goes against the sentiments expressed in this thread. Is it not correct that Waldorf Schools in Germany have full state funding/backing? I don't know why but I always believed this to be the case. I know there are some countries in Europe which do give funding for any "alternative" schooling. The one I attended in the UK has become the first to gain Academy Status and thus some kind of recognition by the State but I'm yet to know whether I believe this to be a good or bad thing. I went to the first ever Waldorf School in my final year (15-16 years of age) and I was quite blown away by the facilities and what the students achieve there! Every child had built typically either a guitar or violin in word-working classes by I think it was age 14 (might have been 12.) The child I stayed with had built a boat we went sailing in! Quite amazing really!! "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_School I will most definitely seriously consider sending my children to one when I have them and I would suggest anybody who is disenfranchised with the State education systems provided by their country of residence have a look into them and similar schools where they live. Regards, Dale. |
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