S1 EP12 - Eleventh Grade

On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf eleventh grade classroom!

Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

• The dark night of the soul and the crisis of aimlessness which strikes in eleventh grade
• How revisiting a study of the Renaissance helps the eleventh grader find closure with their grade school/high school experience and prepare for university and higher learning
• The key word for guiding the eleventh grader as a teacher and/or parent
• Truth and authenticity in eleventh grade and how these qualities produce confidence and altruism in the children as adults
• The sixteen- and seventeen-year-old’s thirst to learn about the metaphysical, and how this relates to them studying the atom, electricity and projective geometry this year
• Dante, Parsifval, and Hamlet: the three important literary figures for the eleventh grader
• David Sloan's wonderful book "Life Lessons : Reaching Teenagers Through Literature"
• The importance of the summer break according to the Waldorf philosophy
• Stories of initiation and transformation
• The Romantic poets: discovering reverence and grace through nature

Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: anthroposophytodaypodcast@gmail.com

Thanks for listening!

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BLOG POST: www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep12-eleventh-grade

WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

Host: Scott Fishman

Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

www.sarenafishman.com

https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

Cover Art: Solomon Fishman