(Clearwisdom.net)
I am an elementary school teacher in Peijin, and am the primary teacher of a class in a boarding school. I became wiser and healthy after starting to practice Falun Dafa in 1994. Following the principle of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" (Zhen-Shan-Ren) as my guidance, I did not compete after fame or wealth. Instead, I concentrated myself on providing high-quality teaching. I used compassion cultivated in Dafa to care for my students with kindness. Not only did I teach them knowledge, more importantly, I also set good examples to guide them to be good people. The power of Fa changed my students and myself dramatically. The class became peaceful and warm. Children became more mature and polite. The teachers responsible for daily activities commented, "Ms. Young's class is the best behaved." I love children, and they love me too. They trusted me, told me their true feelings, and even showed me their diaries. Some students said, "Teacher treated us as nice as if she were our mother."
As evil Jiang Zemin and Lo Gan persecuted Falun Dafa more and more severely, I received an order early this year from the school administration to stop teaching, and to report to the principal's office and to the general affairs officer's office every day. I was forced to read government propaganda for brain-washing purposes. After my students returned from the winter vacation, they were astonished and worried because I did not come back to teach. They often waited at the school's entrance to look for me. No matter where they saw me, they would run towards me to give me hugs and asked, "Teacher, when are you coming back to teach us?"
One day, many children surrounded me near the stairs. Some held my hands, and some laid in my arms. One of them asked, "Teacher, did you get suspended because you practice Falun Gong?" I nodded my head. A child then told me, "The television said that Falun Gong practitioners burn themselves in the Tiananmen Square. Please don't practice any more." I was very sad because I knew they were deceived. "Do you like Ms. Young?" I asked. "Yes," children answered. "Is Ms. Young good?" I continued. "Yes! We like Ms. Young the most!" many children replied. I then said to them, "Ms. Young is a Falun Gong practitioner. Those who practice Falun Gong are as good as your teacher, or even better. Practitioners are honest, sincere, and kind. They are the best people. They love themselves, and love others even more. They would never set themselves on fire." "Oh," said the children. One child then softly responded, "My mother practices Falun Gong too. She is a very good person. But the police took her away." "We cannot believe in everything that other people said. Instead, we should use our judgment. What the television said is not necessary true," a boy said. "You are right. Don't just listen to the stories from the political announcements. I will never lie to you. To know the truth, just see what your teacher has experienced," I told my students.
These innocent children started to tell their parents, and to ask them for help. Some children went to the principal directly to request releasing me to teach the class. Some parents complained to the school too. One Friday, when a few parents came to pick up their children, they saw me at school. Seven or eight people approached me and discussed, "Our children had a good teacher this time. Why did they change teachers again?" One said, "My child cried every weekend at home. She wanted me to talk to the principal to let you come back. They miss you, Ms. Young." The other said, "There is nothing wrong to practice Falun Gong. Children like good teachers." These parents decided to send a petition to the principal to let me continue to be the primary teacher of the class. They told me, "We trust you." Some parents comforted me, "It will end sooner or later. Like strong wind will finally stop, and a high wave will finally descend."
One parent is a chief newspaper editor. He has a younger brother, who graduated from Peijin University, with good academic achievements. Being a Dafa practitioner, his brother received a sentence for delivering truth-clarification literature. The parent represented others who wished speak to the principal on my behalf. The principal responded, "I cannot let her go because she refused to write guarantees."
After a few months, I still could not go back to teach my class. One day, I saw a few students walking to the principal's office. Later, the principal told me, "Your students came to talk to me. They asked me to let you return to teach them." On the desk, I saw the letter that the students had written to the principal. It was in red ink and the summary was as follows:
"Principal,
Ms. Young is our dearest teacher. She is our good friend. We like to listen to her lectures. Please let our teacher come back to teach us. We are looking forward to having her back!
All the students in Ms. Young's class"
However, my students were disappointed. The school administration did not let me go back to the class. They persecuted me even further. The public safety agents, the 6-10 office, and the neighborhood officers continued to disturb me, and forced me to attend the brain-washing class. To resist evil persecution, I escaped to other places and could not return home.
