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skindeep's picture

problems

while the waldorf system of education does seem to be ideal, i can see why more schools havent been able to adapt it.

for one, most parents do not have the time to sit down with their children and review homework, in houses where the parents work full time or have other things to deal with, school is an aspect that they expect their kids to take care of by themselves. secondly, getting the teachers and the equipment and resources to make all the school is possible takes a lot of money that the school probably recieves through the students tuition - something public schools dont have. and if they try to do the same things without hiking up the tuition, students will have to pay extra to do the things they want to do - which will create disparity in the classroom.

that being said, i think aspects of the system can be implemented - getting passionate teachers for example, and paying attention to individual children, steps like that can alone change the system of eduation we presently have and can do it in a good way.

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