What was her first in mate? Interpretative dance?
I laughed very loudly at this, because you’re not far off – Contemporary Performance. However she also got an A* at maths at A Level. But my girlfriend’s older sister also had the full Steiner education and has a masters in theology. Make no mistake, Steiner education does not prevent academic achievement, as Germany well shows.
However, there really is a lot of truth in the stereotype of Steiner children being tuned towards ‘arty’ areas. The important part to remember is that all lessons, all subjects are taught with ‘art’ hand in hand. Creativity is not separate. I like the sound of that, personally. I also have a lot of time for giving children space to play before growing up so to speak.
I like the softness of it, no football, the colouring, the veggie food. But I’m a hippy, so what can I say? 😳
I don’t like some of the philosophy (have you read some of Steiner’s writing – what a crackpot!) nor the Christian elements, but I do think the education has a lot to offer.