Rudolf Steiner is the founder of the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart, Germany. Steiner wanted to make the school to teach children to become whole human beings who have a healthy body, soul and spirit, so they would be able to find their purpose of life and pursue it positively among the community. Steiner wrote that Whoever seeks higher knowledge must create it for himself. He must instill it into his soul. It cannot be done by study; it can only be done through life. Whoever,…
Alternative music is an umbrella term that is used to describe music that is not played on mainstream radio, or consumed by mainstream audience. It does not fall into any other musical genre. There are dozens of different subgenres that branched off from alternative music. Alternative pop/rock is a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s. Since there are a variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all of them tie together and exist outside of the…
Rock Music initially started out in the 1950s, with its first recorded song being Elvis’ Cover of ‘That’s All Right, Mama’, recorded and released in 1954. Prime examples of the early rock era are songs like ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley And the Comets, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ by Chuck Berry, and ‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley. Back then, rock and roll was so simple, that all you needed was an electric guitar, drums, a bass, and most importantly, a good voice. It wasn’t until the early…
Before the advent of compulsory education laws in the United States from 1852-1918 a majority of children were educated by their families or communities. This early type of home education was the norm worldwide until the turn of the century, and is still widely practiced in developing countries. However, in developed countries since the universal adoption of such compulsory education laws home education has been driven into a more deviant subcategory. As a result, the homeschooling community as…
Description and Analysis The Philippines have 7,000 islands total (it is an archipelago) and consists of regions with different dialects. Many beliefs and traditions are similar to Spanish ancestors since the Philippines were colonized by the Spaniards for 300 years. Despite the Western influences like buildings, food, medicine, music, and fashion, some provinces like the Negro Occidental still practice some traditional healing methods due to their cultural beliefs and lack of access to Western…
Should Children be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the…
Introduction Of the CAM therapies, acupuncture and chiropractic manipulation are the most widely accepted (Barnes, Bloom & Nahin, 2007); both have been scientifically validated for the treatment of chronic pain (Bronfort, Haas, Evans, Leininger & Triano, 2010; Vickers, Cronin, Maschino, Lewith, MacPherson, Foster, Sherman, Witt & Linde, 2012). However, as the conventional medical view tends to reduce chiropractic care and traditional Chinese medicine to the manipulation of the spine and…
Renewable sources of energy Nicholas Reibel Northeastern University 8/12/14 Abstract Environment degradation has taken a global dimension. Human activities continue to cause interfere with the natural surroundings. The balance of the ecosystem has been defiled due to technological advancement, prominence of materialism, human greed, and misuse of nature and egoism of human nature. Non-renewable energy sources have been cited as responsible for environmental degradation. Efforts have…
establish a diagnosis. By mainly focusing on a particular aspect of the disease, instead of the body as a whole, conventional medicine usually does not require lifestyle changes to support the prescribed medication or treatment. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is also sometimes called holistic medicine. CAM attempts to determine how individuals contribute to their health through beliefs and…
few hours each day and get a more quality education than what parents can provide. It is in the child’s best interest as well as the parent’s to be able to go to public school. According to Isabel Lyman in her article “Homeschooling Is a Viable Alternative Education” states that homeschooling…