Of course it teaches you to be obediant to the system. Why are you acting like there is something wrong with that?
We don't live in a society in which everyone gets to find a sense of self-actualization in thier career. We live in one in which you come into a job that you most likely hate day after day and work your ass off to provide for you and your family. The world is not going to go out of its way for everyone to make sure they are happy and comfortable with thier lifestyle.
Either you learn to fit into the society that actually exists, or you most likely end up poor or in prison.
First of all, how do you expect to pay for this system?
Second of all, the Waldorf design is horrible. Kids are stupid and don't know what the hell they need. Give them the chance and they will play all day. How exactly do you plan on any of these kids learning math, english, or civics when they do not have the childhood background for secondary education?
Thirdly, even as people get older, this school system teaches people to "follow thier own destiny", which is a huge problem. If people spent thier whole lives being taught that they are entitled to thier dream job, you are going to get an entire generation entering the workforce trained as artists, actors, and writers (very few of whom will be successful in those careers); and none with the skills to do the boring jobs that are actually needed for society to function.
You think anyone really dreams of working in a factory, or an office cubicle?
When exactly did employment go from a means of providing for yourself, to a passionate hobby you feel entitled to get paid for? You dont need to like your job. You just need to have one.
Blind obedience to the system is not good if you want a healthy society. People thinking for themselves and using good judgment is.
Total blind obedience to the system leads to fascism.
People go to monotonous jobs because the system conditions people to be monotonous, and lacking in individual creativity and personal creative input. The school system is responsible for that.
Paying for the system would be done the same way that the existing school system is paid for, unless there is a better way.
Kids are stupid because of the Waldorf school? People are stupid because of public schools. If kids don't want to learn, they will always find a way, regardless of what type of school it is. I doubt that the percentage of stupid kids coming out of the Waldorf schools is as great as it is coming out of public schools.
If people want their dream jobs, then they will need to start out learning the skill set for those jobs as children, because those jobs require TALENT, and talent must be developed over time if it is to be significant.
If a person starts out figuring out what they want to do as children (Which is what every person should be doing in the first place, and they would if the school system didn't turn people into such mindless robots who are intended to be nothing more than workers for almost any relatively meaningless job that requires no individual creative input or independent thought) then people would know if they had any real talent at something early on, and know whether it was worth pursuing at all, or if they should do something else.
If you want to really be a success and shine in this world, then you must be capable of creativity or independent thought, and the school system discourages this. The school system encourages mediocrity, which is one of the biggest flaws.
To succeed, you must have skill at something, and to have skill at something, you must practice it. To get yourself to practice something, you must like it. Very few people can become successful doing what they hate. Of course, if you don't want to be successful, and to be mediocre is enough, then the public school system is for YOU!
Tired of those creative inclinations and individual thoughts? Just go to public school, and they will destroy all of that individuality to the point at which you become as mediocre as they come. You become a regular Joe six pack. You don't like your job, or your life, but you don't feel like changing it, because you are so used to being mediocre and acting like everyone else and toeing the line, being obedient to the system,and so you suffer with this situation.
You feel stressed because of it, yet you don't feel empowered enough to do anything about it, which you have public school to thank for, so you self-medicate with alcohol, cigarettes or drugs to numb the pain. You don't feel motivated to rise above, so you are content to watch other people live the way you would like and do the things you would like to be able to do, but can't because you are too accepting of the status quo, which you have the school system to thank for.
You watch other people play basketball on TV because you don't have it in you to play yourself. You watch lots of TV like reality shows that feature people that have worse lives than you which makes you feel better about your own mediocre existence by comparison. The school system is thought control, as Pink Floyd once said. I said "you" before in the general sense, and not necessarily to you specifically, but then I do believe you have accepted the system as it is enough that some of that could be true.
There is nothing wrong with having a job that you like. There is nothing wrong with wanting one either. The only way you can expect one is after years of practice in developing your skills. Most people never seek to develop any particular skill above the norm, because, you guessed it, the school system conditions people into liking mediocrity. This is why very few people read anything.
The sense of entitlement that has permeated our society, including our education system, does kids no favours. This idea that every child has the capacity to be whatever they dream to be promotes that entitlement by focusing on the end goal of a child's aspirations without nurturing the development of the tools and skills required to get there. In effect entitlement diminishes the value of hard work and effort.
On the other hand, there are a few remarkable teachers who obviously do it because they want to help people be their best, and those you can't replace. Those are very rare. Kim Kardashian does have a GREATER impact on society than even those teachers, but I wouldn't say it was a more positive one.
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