Feedback from fellow homeschoolers
Last month’s theme for this newsletter was tests and testing---and that elicited no response whatsoever from readers. However, the other main article was about the dangers of children wearing masks---and that got more of a response than anything else I have ever written or done! About 85% was favorable, with people expressing relief that they were not the ‘only ones who felt this way’. I was bowled over by the gratitude and support people shared as well. I thank you all.
A few folks were negative---a few nasty comments which was a shame. I would have thought Christopherus homeschoolers would be able to engage in discourse over issues they disagreed with. We are not twitter for goodness sake! A couple though did engage though in a limited way. By this I mean that while able to express their own points of view, they were unable to directly engage with what I had written or with my response to them. They could only reiterate what they had originally said. While a better response than abuse, it was still sad to see how people can be unable to think through and express their thoughts.
I am so pleased to share the beautifully expressed thoughts of a just a few of the many folks who wrote in expressing gratitude and solidarity:
In these times I am so grateful to have taken my children out of the local Waldorf school. We have been 100% non compliant with mask mandates, we don’t socially distance, I keep my children away from shops so they don’t see all the madness with signing in etc.
We are blessed to live out of the city on a 5 acre property where we can learn and play and live. My children know about the narratives and apart from that we are desperately trying to oppose the mandates that this government are trying to impose on our innocent children.
It’s time to get strong in community in the real sense of the word now, before it was just an idea.... now it’s real and it’s going to be part of survival.
Yes the Waldorf schools have all rolled over here to and I was disgusted when the teachers stopped shaking hands with the children, the parents were no longer allowed on the school grounds, even kindergartens..... then in Class 4 the teacher included words such as coronavirus, pandemic etc in their dictations!! That was the last straw for me. In the Waldorf kindergartens where we don’t even have the virus the children's hands were peeling from the hand sanitizers and parents were deemed “too risky” to go onto the school grounds!! There were so many traumatic separations at the school gates I couldn’t stand it..... so after 10 years at a school we walked.
I was hoping the Steiner Schools were going to make a stand..... but they didn’t and some teachers have had the jab. One in fact had myocarditis and had her heart restarted after her jab.... that didn’t make the news! So many first hand stories here.
There are lots of people rising with the push back.
Keep going xxx
Love your work, thank you. DW, Australia
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Dear Donna,
I have been receiving your Christopherus newsletters for years now; even though my children are almost grown up. I just really enjoy reading them! I had homeschooled and used the Waldorf method and loved it completely. I still do.
Reading your last newsletter about masking children was like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for sharing your clear, concise thoughts and the links for the articles. I really appreciate it, it gave me strength and peace to know there are others out there who have the same thoughts.
I just wanted to share that your letter made my day a little brighter. The truth always illuminates.
Blessings to you,
CW, Vermont
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Just wanted to personally thank you for the latest Newsletter especially regarding children and mask-wearing. I have shared those links with all of my family and many friends. It is so refreshing to have a confident and competent narrative about the pandemic instead of lies and fear-mongering. I appreciate you so much!
Sincerely, BT, Utah