November 22, 2009
UTNE READER

Practice What You Teach

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September/October 2000
By Eric Utne, Utne Reader 
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Teaching kids in a Waldorf school feels as right to me now as starting Utne Reader did nearly 17 years ago. I learned a little about a lot of things while editing and publishing the magazine, which was great preparation for teaching. But I needed to learn my most important life lessons elsewhere. If I can help these kids learn one thing—besides eventually nailing their SATs (just kidding)—it will be to discover and intelligently nurture what they love. I want to help them deeply listen to, and trust, and even think with their heart. It’s the key to all real personal growth and social change, and I only learned it when I stopped talking about it and literally came home to live it. And now, soon, I’m taking it to school.

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For information about Waldorf education contact Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916/961-8727; www.steinercollege.org) or Sunbridge College, 260 Hungry Hollow Rd., Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 (914/425-0055; www.sunbridge.edu).

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