Alumni Magazine Spring 2010 - Green Meadow Waldorf School

What Would Steiner Say?Choosing toChampion OthersJane Wulsin, Class Teacher of the Classes of ’91, ’99, ’07 and ’16As a Class Teacher, Iam very interestedin knowing whatdraws a Waldorfstudent to become a lawyeror to work in the enforcementof the law. There are manypossibilities: having a love forjustice, truth and fairness, forprotecting and championingthe rights of others, forclarifying and defining, forresearch and discovery, forthoughts and opinionsin order to develop theirown ability to make clearjudgments. From what I knowof these individuals, theyparticularly love intellectualstimulation and challenge, aproblem or mystery to solve,a new interpretation or use onwhich to expound. They enjoyengaging others verbally, andthey are excellent writers,historians and poets. Theywill make a difference. Theymust continue to strivefor a genuine knowledgeand understanding of life,of relationships and ofevents of our time. How is itpossible to bring a spiritualunderstanding to earthlysituations and events? How isit possible to bring spiritualimpulses into our earthly life?That is the question and thetask for all of us.They are striving to know themselves, forrepresentation and justice can only comefrom those who have developed their ownindependent capacity of thinking and judgment.creating new laws and policies,for bringing order; havingan interest in an individual’squestions and problems;having an interest in socialquestions and social problems;in short, having a love forhumanity and a passion formaking the world a betterplace in which to live.A good lawyer or law enforceris an excellent listener, for heor she knows that it is open,unprejudiced listening thatleads to understanding. TheGreen Meadow alumni whohave contributed to this issuehave learned how to quiettheir own thoughts, to listento and beyond the wordsof another, to be inwardlytolerant of other people’sare champions of others,particularly underdogs; theyare protectors and guardiansof rights. They carry withinthemselves a strong impulseto help their fellow men andwomen.People create society. Peoplechange the world. Everynew group of people bringsnew impulses and uniquecapacities into the world. Itis fortunate, indeed, that thisgroup of capable, grounded,strong-willed individualsis involved in this essentiallegal/political sphere. RudolfSteiner said that “withevery new generation, anew spiritual life will everincreasinglyappear on earth.”This group of individualsIdealism and a determinationthat human life andrelationships can be betterthan they are have led theseformer Waldorf studentsinto the field of law. They arepeople who have a genuineinterest in their fellow menand women, an interest whichenables them to take onothers’ situations, to walk intheir shoes. They are strivingto know themselves, forrepresentation and justicecan only come from thosewho have developed theirown independent capacity ofthinking and judgment. Theyare warriors because theystand up against adversityin winning for others whatthey themselves know tobe right and best. They aredeeply moral individualswho embrace hard work andwill do all that they can tobring positive impulses andpractices into the world. Theseare the Waldorf alumni I knowwho have taken up the bannerof justice. I salute all that theyare doing and will do! q28 | Alumni Magazine