Agreed. My kids go to a Waldorf school, and it's all about synthesis. They don't get teaching material, they make it themselves. This also reinforces a can-do

Agreed. My kids go to a Waldorf school, and it's all about synthesis. They don't get teaching material, they make it themselves. This also reinforces a can-do attitude. I compare it to my university education, where we spend most of the time (2/3) each semester doing a project in a small group. The engineering faculty of the university I attended was recently rated in the top 4 with Stanford and MIT and a Chinese one (above Oxford). I guarantee you it's not because of the quality of the staff - it's the method.