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>From: "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: Off Topic-BDNow and the Waldorf Critics List
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:35:56
>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Dec 2001 19:35:56.0595 (UTC)
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>Hi Allan,
>
>Please fwd:
>
>What we are seeing here is a disparity that has grown even greater than
>was in Steiner's day. What disparity? The distance is between those
>who have an inner-working knowledge of how farm products are
>produced and those who do not. Of the ones who lacked the knowledge
>of how these
>products were produced came the fictional farm management moguls of
>the University system that imagined all out of the labratory and in
>numbers
>produced from balance sheets, while the quality of both animal and
>vegtal products declined, of which no explaination was attempted.
>
>Now, the problem also exists on the other side of the coin. In this
>particular situation, the BD farm in question needed to realize
>first of all what may interest and help the students to enjoy a
>creative experiance. First of all, the children do not at this
>point need to be
>introduced to the BD method. They want to enjoy the animals, the
>fresh air and take in as much as possible with their eyes. Ha, it's
>a bit like planting a seed that will remain with them the rest of
>their lives. Their parents on the other hand probably aren't
>concerned with how the produce is grown either. But they would be
>more inclined to experiance through tasty morsels that vitalize
>their bodies and leave them with a nourished feeling.
>
>This perhaps may be the reason that RS assigned the study groups to
>small isolated units; to protect them from destructive opinions of
>outsiders who have no basis for their opinions.
>
>This is almost a re-occurring theme where farmlands are encrouched
>by nit-picking individuals who base all their understanding of the
>2-diminsional idea that is recorded on a piece of paper by someone
>who has
>long since gone and was probably in fact trying to introduce a
>single idea to a group to expand on later. How sad, and now that
>idea that was only a learning devise has become fixed and set in
>stone and therefore becomes the stumbling block to the person
>reading it.
>
>Michael.
>
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