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My addendum to the 'Measles for the One Percent' Waldorf article

On the first of May, I was contacted by Lisa Miller who told me she was writing an article for New York Magazine on Waldorf education and did I have time to answer a few questions? We spoke for about 45 minutes. She was pleasant, articulate, and open-minded. Despite my bad experiences as a Waldorf teacher, I try to be fair, but when the fact-checker contacted me a few weeks later, I knew by the conversation that the article was going to throw a few punches. It’s a very long article, but well-researched and well-written. I was flattered to be contacted and it was nice to have made the final edits, but I think for the sake of brevity, my words were put together in a way that came off as a little different than I intended. So, I'd like to clarify a couple of things. I also think it's important that the wacky stuff not be the main takeaway from the article out of respect for the people who teach at Waldorf and attend the schools. I'm quoted about 17 parag

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