alchemist | July 18, 2010
Pry open your mind, don’t let your education rust it shut. Learn to think, not to follow. Combine your learning with action, letting unavoidable errors impel you to seek greater understanding. As an educator we cannot afford to become stagnant in our own intellectual growth. We are the light bearers and it is up to [...]
alchemist | February 27, 2010
“Waldorf education is becoming contagious”
alchemist | December 16, 2009
Allegory of the Cave Is a resident of the cave (a prisoner, as it were) likely to want to make the ascent to the outer world? Why or why not? What does the sun symbolize in the allegory? And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or [...]
alchemist | November 11, 2009
Waldorf education is a wonderful pedagogic philosophy based upon the intellectual concept of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component. The fascinating aspect of this pedagogy is the teacher ideally stays with a group of [...]
alchemist | September 13, 2009
John Dewey believed that kids can learn by doing. He was a revolutionary along with Montessori in the way they approached teaching. They are monuments that remind us that thinking outside of the box is ok. We as educators must remember that the future is built by us.
alchemist | May 31, 2009
I enjoy my children because they are true hustlers.. My 5 yr old daughter has the routine down to a science.. Her gimmick is “remeber dad you said so” I find myself second guessing. For example remember dad you said we (she never forgets her Big Brother) can have some cookies last night” and I [...]
alchemist | May 25, 2009
The last day of school me and my wife met with our son’s teacher. While there one of my son’s fellow classmates asked my wife what happens when Jihad brings home an orange card (orange means that a student has had a baaaad day). My wife told the child we talk to our son. The [...]
alchemist | May 12, 2009
A man was walking downtown and passed a pet store. As he looked in the pet store window he saw a large cage filled with some really cute squirrel monkeys. He had always liked monkeys and so he went into the pet store. As he looked at the five little squirrel monkeys he noticed [...]
alchemist | December 27, 2008
The classroom is a dangerous place for the psychi. You are behind enemy lines and you’re not sure why General Custard is standing in the back laughing. The biggest mistake I made in education is trying to pull substitute teaching duty after getting off of active duty. I had the drill sergeant mentality and my [...]
alchemist | December 16, 2008
Teaching /life is filled with stressors that can either break you or make you laugh. Here are some tips that may help you get over that proverbial hump stress can cause. Identify Stressors. Most important step because you can not handle your problems if you do not know what they are. Create a list or [...]