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RE: Welcome – Striving after truth
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Pete Karaiskos
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Jul 17, 2005 10:03 PDT
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baandje wrote:
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PK asked: “With regard to Waldorf schools, and Anthroposophy’s role in
them, is it OK to leave things unsaid until others are capable of
“spiritually hearing”? Do Waldorf schools have the right (moral right,
not anthroposophical right) to deny parents information about the
underpinnings of the educational system they are enrolling their
children in? As a parent, do I have the right to know in advance if I am
enrolling my child in a Christian school, a Quaker school, a Morman
school, a 7th Day Adventist school, a Jehova’s Witness school or a
Scientology school? If parents have the right to know about these, don't
Waldorf schools have a responsibility to “publicise these things” to
parents who are enrolling their children”
”And there is even another question here - this time in the 2nd quote.
When Steiner says “But don’t let us publicise these things” - is he
talking about keeping these things from the parents of Waldorf schools
or the general public? Is Steiner suggesting that these things should be
kept from the parents (as Waldorf schools tend to do) or ONLY from
the public?”
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I find the “human beings who are not human beings” (?!) thing too odd to
even comment on.
Answers to your many questions: Possibly. No. Yes. Yes. Not IMO – but
that doesn’t count around here, apparently ;-) Steiner was saying, again
IMO, that those things should be keep from the uninitiated masses: in
other words, all non-anthropops.
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And, since the first Waldorf school parent body was composed of
non-anthropop parents (Molt was not running an Anthroposophical
cigarette factory), I suppose the answer has to be - Steiner said
Waldorf teachers should keep certain things from the parents. So, we
have a clear answer to the question here - that according to Steiner,
parents should be shielded from Anthroposophy - specifically the
"difficult" stuff. And, it seems Steiner's call for teachers to be
truthful has been taken out of context and used by Waldorf promoters to
imply "truthful" in the traditional sense - and that "truth" implies an
understanding of Anthroposophical truth and not necessarily honesty.
Pete
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