(Clearwisdom.net) My daughter was in the fourth grade when the Epoch Times published the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. After seeing Master's article “Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World”, I enlightened that our Dafa disciples also need to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations to better lead others to do the same. I shared my thoughts with my daughter and asked her whether she wanted to quit the Young Pioneers. She agreed, so we declared her intention to quit the Young Pioneers, and we used her real name.
After she quit, she wondered whether she should continue to wear the CCP’s red scarf. My daughter said, “Mom, I don’t want to wear the red scarf anymore.” I then told her, “Well, let’s take it off.”
Several days later, my daughter came home from school and told me that her homeroom class teacher had criticized her for not wearing the red scarf. She asked me to explain it to her teacher. I said, “Just tell your teacher why you don’t wear it.” My daughter said, “I told her. However, she didn’t listen to me at all.” Since the education system in Mainland China trains teachers to use the CCP’s coercive methods to teach students, I decided to talk with the teacher about this red scarf problem.
I explained to the teacher how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. I told her that my parents had been fired from their jobs because of their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I let the teacher know that the Epoch Times had called on everyone to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and that my daughter had declared her intention to quit the Young Pioneers on the Epoch Times website.
The teacher looked quite perplexed, but when I mentioned Master Li Hongzhi’s name, she shuddered momentarily and she didn't look so confused anymore. She said that actually she didn’t know how to deal with this matter, and she planned to report it to their Young Pioneers Department. I stopped her at once, saying, “My daughter is so young. This is far from a political issue. Everyone with a conscience will understand that while our family members suffer persecution because of practicing Falun Gong, it is intolerable that our daughter still remains a member of that CCP organization.” I continued, “In addition, you teachers are also victims. When you educate your students, you are forbidden to tell them that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, and that they are the universal values of all human beings.” Another teacher was nearby at the time and listened to me quietly and intently. In the end, my daughter’s teacher agreed not to ask her to wear the red scarf, and she agreed not to criticize her for it.
When the teacher left, the assistant class teacher came into the office. I greeted her and explained why I was there. She said, “Your daughter dropped the red scarf on the ground and stepped on it. That’s why we criticized her.” I immediately said, “It’s nothing bad to step on the red scarf.” She was shocked by my words. I continued, “Have you read Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party?” She nodded and at once understood. I knew that it was Master helping me at that time.
After my daughter got to fourth grade, the school arranged for another teacher to be her homeroom teacher. I was asked to go to the school again about the red scarf matter because my daughter’s class had points deducted from the class score due to her not wearing the red scarf. This was another method used by the CCP to poison people. I then told my daughter, “Since you already quit the CCP’s Young Pioneers, you do not need to wear the scarf.” She said, “But it affects the honor of the whole class.” I then decided to explain the truth to the director of the Young Pioneers Department.
I told the director explicitly that the Epoch Times had called on people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and that my daughter had quit the Young Pioneers. I explained to her that the CCP persecutes Falun Gong practitioners and staged the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident. She listened very carefully, and said that she might ask the Education Bureau how to deal with this matter. I said, “This is fully based on my daughter’s own will. When my daughter joined the Young Pioneers, nobody asked her or her guardians if she should join. Actually, my daughter was forcibly enrolled into this organization. Now that she quit it of her own volition; there is no need to report it to the Education Bureau. Moreover, in order to protect the child, we parents don’t want you to report the matter to the Education Bureau.” The director understood and agreed that my daughter didn’t need to wear the red scarf and that points would no longer be deducted from her class because of it. I thanked her, and then returned to find my daughter’s new teacher. I told her that I had explained everything to the director of the Young Pioneers Department, and I told her that points wouldn't be deducted from the class anymore. The new teacher was very happy and treated my daughter very well after that.
My daughter’s classmates thus learned that my daughter had quit the Young Pioneers. Some classmates secretly asked my daughter to help them quit as well. Several of my daughter’s classmates then quit the CCP’s Young Pioneers as a result.
Looking back at this, I realized that the entire process was one of practicing cultivation and saving sentient beings. One thing I didn’t do well is that I was only paying attention to my child's issue at the time. I didn’t persuade the teachers to quit the CCP, but all four of the teachers now know the truth about Falun Gong. Another thing I would like to point out is the power of the one body of Dafa practitioners. My daughter’s school often organized teachers to travel abroad; thus many of the teachers have come to learn that Dafa has spread widely around the world. That made it easier for these teachers to accept the truth.
Since my daughter quit the Young Pioneers, her academic performance has gotten better and better. When she took her graduation pictures, the photographer required that she wear the red scarf. My daughter said she was no longer a member of the Young Pioneers and therefore took the picture without the red scarf. After she enrolled in junior high school, my daughter’s academic performance was still among the best. In addition, she was elected to be the class monitor. The teacher wanted her to join the Youth League, as she considered it a privilege. My daughter told the teacher that she didn’t want to join. However, the teacher still selected her to be a candidate for the Youth League. All the candidates were arranged to take an exam, after which they could be accepted by the Youth League. My daughter was unable to avoid it and had to take the exam per the teacher’s requirement. A question in the exam asked, “If you become a Youth League member, how would you respect your teachers and help others?” My daughter wrote down, “Without being a Youth League member, we should still respect our teachers and help others.” As a result, she didn’t pass the exam and wasn’t selected to join the Youth League.
The reason I mentioned this matter above is to share with fellow practitioners who are parents and facing the problem of their children joining the Youth League. When our children are in elementary school, teachers often don’t accept the children’s own will and just coerce them. At this point in their lives, the children are usually afraid of teachers. Therefore, we parents should explain the facts to the teachers and help the children develop righteous thoughts at the same time. As the children grow up, some matters need to be dealt with by themselves. It is their opportunity to position themselves, and these crucial choices should be made by the children themselves.
I also realized that while discussing the facts about Falun Dafa to school teachers, we should break through and let go of our human notions, explain the facts and save sentient beings.
This is my current understanding. I hope it is helpful to fellow practitioners. Please kindly point out anything improper.