Archimedes, that super cool slasher Greek mathematician (slash physicist slash inventor slash astronomer slash, etc.) said ages ago that ‘the shortest distance between two points is a straight line’. I love this quote. Although it was said in the context of mathematical sciences, it in fact gave me countless reassurances when life became complicated or when I was overwhelmed by my own overthinking. It has helped me overcome a lot of concerns by simplifying things and solving problems one simple step at a time.
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The transformative power of Waldorf Education
The graduates, while Class 8 was singing the School Hymn.
(Being absent from the parents meeting for Toni’s graduation, I was volunteered by those present to give the Parents’ Response. I said these words in the simple and intimate ceremony this morning with the lovely accompaniment of bamboo swaying and birds chirping in the background, and also with parents, teachers, and students sniffing from crying because of the raw and heartfelt messages given by the graduates and teachers alike. Let me share it with you here.)
It would be hard to articulate here the experiences of the parents of Mayba and Joy because nobody could really fully capture other people’s journeys. So while I will also share what little I know of their experience, I will focus more on what my family has been through and why we believe in the transformative power of Waldorf Education.
Gamot Cogon School, helping heal the planet
Since we moved to Iloilo, my favorite afternoons are when I go to Gamot Cogon School as a parent volunteer after-school monitor. The presence of an adult is needed for the kids left in school attending clubs, doing homework or remedial, or simply waiting for their ride home. Not that they need any supervision. The kids are behaved and just do their work or play and the presence of a monitor is basically for emergency cases, which, thank God haven’t occurred.
Gamot Cogon School is a Steiner-Waldorf school located at Libongcogon, Zarraga, Iloilo
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