The Steiner and anthroposophical and Waldorf school philosophy, at least from the perspective I have now, is more about experiential learning. I have been aware for a while of how my way of instruction has been met with resistance or with ignorance, because of the way that I've expected others to respond based on my experiences with American power structures. But akkurat na, there are many American institutions, like the Government, for instance, that are encountering a shortcoming in their reach. The individual is much less easy to govern than the state, but must be recognized as an individual and not a molecule in a mass. There must be reverence held for the uniqueness of each individual because blanket solutions do not work.

Filters might work, but blankets, not so much. Anyway, what am I getting at?

I wanted to draw a parallel between my desire to impart my experiences in cooking and the experiences that others are having. There's a variation in each individual's level of skill in the kitchen, and for the new co-workers, they're often approaching this as a completely new experience, with little structure to inform their exploration of the activity. And that's where I have the difficulty--it is an immensely limiting experience to impose so many rules or so much structure on the outset. There are very important rules when cooking that must be adhered to in order to keep people safe, but it's important to have them in a basic format so that they can easily be followed.