Think your School’s Weird, Enough?
For a major subject, we were asked to observe various types of preschool in groups. Ours was a pretty good one since it’s the progressive type. The group who presented today was about Waldorf. And while I had reserved great respect for it, because it sounded real something… As the presentation went on, I found it to be such. a. freak-school.
I was bothered that these children:
- Are not allowed to wear anything fitted and in the color black.
- Are not allowed to wear open shoes.
- Have dolls in their school that do not have faces(for "creative purposes").
- Are fed by their school organic stuff(because “they want them to be healthy and close to nature”).
- Have no sense of time. No clocks to be found anywhere(even their teachers don’t have ‘em).
- Have their teacher’s desks themed to fit the “season” and looks like an altar(with cloth and offering of leaves, etc).
- Have their teacher cut out the corners of papers because it would seem sharp and harmful.
- Do not have a print-rich environment. No books, no posters, no charts.
- They have high regard for storytelling(but described in an unconventional way)/ fairytales(which I am not against much) “to awaken” the child.(like, how?)
- Are made to believe in engkantos, dwendes and other "mythic" sort of creatures
- Are not to watch the telly(WTF?! Oddly enough, we were informed that one of the bosses from amyslayer's Evil Empire has his kids attending here.)
- Are taught that technology can not be a tool for teaching.
- Have no metal in their playground, alledgedly. See-saws are of wood, swings are of tires.
- Do not practice prayers but they do chants. They are spiritual and have utmost respect for the gods that reside in the trees, the sun, etc.
My seatmate tells me she's very curious, she finds it fascinating and if ever, when she has a child, she might want to have her kid go there because of the "closeness to nature" theme. I told her, "Take the kid to summer camp, for crying out loud!" There's just so much to discuss, she says and could it possibly be any more strange? I asked the group who presented if the school accepts or has special children, I was told ‘no but it’s a good idea for hyperactive children’. So nagiging ‘special’ sila once out of there, my seatmate and I thought…
And with regards to the chanting, so what sacrifice do they offer? What trickery or brainwashing techniques these kids must undergo! I bet there’s a hospital underneath the school. That does transplants or something. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I was bothered that these children:
- Are not allowed to wear anything fitted and in the color black.
- Are not allowed to wear open shoes.
- Have dolls in their school that do not have faces(for "creative purposes").
- Are fed by their school organic stuff(because “they want them to be healthy and close to nature”).
- Have no sense of time. No clocks to be found anywhere(even their teachers don’t have ‘em).
- Have their teacher’s desks themed to fit the “season” and looks like an altar(with cloth and offering of leaves, etc).
- Have their teacher cut out the corners of papers because it would seem sharp and harmful.
- Do not have a print-rich environment. No books, no posters, no charts.
- They have high regard for storytelling(but described in an unconventional way)/ fairytales(which I am not against much) “to awaken” the child.(like, how?)
- Are made to believe in engkantos, dwendes and other "mythic" sort of creatures
- Are not to watch the telly(WTF?! Oddly enough, we were informed that one of the bosses from amyslayer's Evil Empire has his kids attending here.)
- Are taught that technology can not be a tool for teaching.
- Have no metal in their playground, alledgedly. See-saws are of wood, swings are of tires.
- Do not practice prayers but they do chants. They are spiritual and have utmost respect for the gods that reside in the trees, the sun, etc.
My seatmate tells me she's very curious, she finds it fascinating and if ever, when she has a child, she might want to have her kid go there because of the "closeness to nature" theme. I told her, "Take the kid to summer camp, for crying out loud!" There's just so much to discuss, she says and could it possibly be any more strange? I asked the group who presented if the school accepts or has special children, I was told ‘no but it’s a good idea for hyperactive children’. So nagiging ‘special’ sila once out of there, my seatmate and I thought…
And with regards to the chanting, so what sacrifice do they offer? What trickery or brainwashing techniques these kids must undergo! I bet there’s a hospital underneath the school. That does transplants or something. Be afraid. Be very afraid.