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Primary School Students Teach Officials from the City Education Committee a Good Lesson
By a Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a primary school teacher and I teach over forty
students. Back in March of 2004, the City Education Bureau issued an order that all
primary school students who are fourth grade and above and all secondary school
students must pay two yuan to buy a brochure that slanders Falun Gong. I went to
talk to the people in charge of this and clarified the facts to them. I also
talked to students' parents and persuaded them not to pay the money to buy
something that is harmful to their children. On the second day, an official from my school told me that some parents
reported that I taught students Falun Gong. After school, I found one of those
parents and tried to clarify the facts to him. He appeared to be very receptive
to what I had to say. However, after that he organized a few other parents to
call the City Education Committee and to report me. Feeling the pressure from
senior Education Committee members, the officials in our school came to
"educate" me again. On the fourth day, a few officials were dispatched both from the City
Education Committee and from the local township. They asked me if I taught
students Falun Gong. I told them, "as a Falun Gong practitioner, I follow
the teachings of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. What I teach is certainly
full of the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. For example, when
I teach the word Zheng (1), I teach students to rectify anything that is
not right and to become righteous people," I answered. They then asked, "What is your purpose of teaching students about Falun
Gong and why do you teach them to sing the songs of Falun Gong?" "Children are innocent. I just want them to keep their innocence,"
I answered. They retorted, "Don't you know that we're here to help you to convert
from Falun Gong?" "Convert?" I said, "What conversion? What do you want to
convert me to? I simply cultivate myself by following the principle of
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." In despair, the officials from the City Education Committee responded,
"It looks like you don't have any idea what ¡®conversion' is. Let's
go to your classroom to check it out." While they walked into the
classroom, I began sending forth righteous thoughts outside. Facing the whole classroom of students, the officials from the City Education
Committee told the students that they wanted to ask a few questions. "Is
your teacher nice to you all?" "Of course he is nice to us!" They all answered. "Can you recite Buddha's Law?" he continued to ask. "Yes," the students answered in chorus. They randomly picked one child to recite. "Nothing is as profound as
BUDDHA LAW..." the child recited very fluently. After two minutes of
recitation, the officials stopped him in mid sentence. "You can stop there,
thank you." He continued his line of questioning. "Can you children
sing?" "Yes," the children answered in chorus once again. "Then we'd like to hear a song." Soon, the children started to sing
a song composed by a Falun Dafa practitioner. The pure sound of singing by the
children astonished the officials, who quickly retreated from the classroom
while saying "Good" and holding the gesture of Heshi (2). Notes: (1) A Chinese word, meaning, "right, righteous, correct,
rectify" (2) Hands pressed together in front of the chest; a special
gesture used in Falun Dafa to show respect and compassion
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