(Clearwisdom.net)
My daughter is a second-year student in a secondary school. She is a little
Dafa practitioner and a good student. Ever since my daughter started secondary
education, I have wanted to let all of her new teachers know the truth about
Falun Dafa by speaking to them at the school's Parents' Evening, in which the
teachers of all subjects meet the parents individually. Unexpectedly, there was
no opportunity to attend the school's Parents' Evening because my daughter's
academic performance was very good.
In my daughter's first year I proposed to attend the meeting but my husband and
daughter were against it. My husband (who does not practice Falun Gong) said,
"Our daughter performs very well at school, so you don't have to attend the
Parents' Evening. If you are still determined to go, other parents will say,
'Apparently their child performs very well at school, but they still come to the
meeting. They just come here to mess things up, obviously the purpose is to hear
the teachers praise their child.'"
The reason why my daughter showed disapproval of my attending the Parents'
Evening was that she really had no problem with her studies. Besides, the
teachers had a tight schedule so each parent was given only fifteen minutes to
talk to each teacher. My daughter wanted me to think of others first and let the
other parents have the appointments. My daughter's suggestion sounded quite
reasonable. Additionally, there might be another chance to attend the Parents'
Evening in the future. So, I changed my mind.
Time waits for no one. One year passed quickly. Sensing the fleeting time, this
time I was determined to convince my husband and daughter that I should attend
the Parents' Evening to give the teacher's an opportunity to learn and
understand about Falun Gong. My husband does not disapprove of my practicing
Falun Gong, nor does he disapprove of my participating in activities to expose
the persecution. However, he does not agree I should freely explain the facts to
any person I encounter. He thinks that this is imposing something on others and
he found it impossible to accept. Therefore, I usually did not do it this way in
his presence. But this time I told my husband, "According to Chinese tradition,
teachers are highly honored. Thanks to the teachers' help, our daughter performs
well at school. Out of politeness, we should pay a visit to the teachers to
express our appreciation." Finally my husband was persuaded.
My daughter is a little Dafa practitioner. When I asked her to help her teachers
learn more about Falun Dafa, she came to realize the importance. Thus I made an
appointment with the teachers of all subjects, arranging a specific time for the
Parents' Evening.
Several days later, my daughter came back from school, saying that only the
mathematics teacher agreed to meet me while the other teachers thought that
there was neither time nor need to talk to me. In my mind I was thinking about
using every possible opportunity to tell each individual teacher about Falun
Dafa. The math teacher happened to arrange our meeting earlier; so I could wait
at the doors of the other teachers for an opportunity to meet them.
It seemed that every teacher's schedule was tightly arranged, but in fact many
of the parents did not need fifteen minutes; five or six minutes were enough.
Some of the parents had to meet the teachers of several subjects and they were
sometimes delayed. Therefore, many teachers had a bit of spare time and were
kept waiting at their doors for the parents' arrival. It seemed as if the spare
time was arranged for me. Effortlessly, I found the opportunity to talk about
about the situation of Falun Dafa and how it related to my family to the
teachers of every subject. The precious Parents' Evening came smoothly to an end
and I had managed to let many teachers know the facts about Dafa.
