Re: [LAU] Study Finds New Pop Music Does All Sound the Same.

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!! " In early childhood learning is largely experiential, imitative and sensory-based. The education emphasizes learning through practical activities.During the elementary school years (age 7–14), learning is artistic and imaginative, and is guided and stimulated by the creative authority of teachers. In these years, the approach emphasizes developing children's emotional life and artistic expression across a wide variety of performing and visual arts.During adolescence (age 14-19), the emphasis is on developing intellectual understanding and ethical ideals such as social responsibility to meet the developing capacity for abstract thought and conceptual judgement." 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.