When I was asked to write about why I work with young people, it was difficult to know how to answer directly. And what did come to mind was that I had been contemplating roads and paths recently, and their ubiquity in life. It would be a rare day that I didn’t drive, walk, or see some road, path, or track. Perhaps I need to spend some days in a remote wilderness or a desert.
A Truly Artistic Education - Meaghan Witri
The teacher’s intensive at the Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School was a wonderful experience this year. 170 primary school teachers gathered from all over Australia - that’s some 5,000 children who were represented by their teachers for the coming year. Summer was in full swing during the 5 days in January that the conference took place - but there was lots of good humor, laughing, singing and a feeling of a collegial community to accompany the long hot days and hikes up the craggy hill upon which the beautiful campus of the Glenaeon school is situated.
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