Taiwan: Many Teachers and Students are Practising Falun Dafa at Sishih Elementary School

There are many teachers and students practising Falun Dafa in Sishih Elementary School in Sishih Township, Tainan County. At the students' meeting on October 21st 2004, principal Chung Qishan encouraged promoting Falun Gong in the school so as to improve the health of community residents, teachers, and students, both mentally and physically.

Here are some experiences shared by the teachers and students:

Kindergarten teacher Lin Shuyuan said that after practising Falun Gong for eighteen months, she has become more relaxed in interpersonal relationships, and has better immunity to diseases.

She said that she used to become angry at small things, and she kept the anger in her heart. Year after year, her health got worse. But after practising Falun Gong, she no longer takes annoying things seriously, and with a more peaceful mental state, her health improved. So she is now introducing Falun Gong to her colleagues and is teaching Falun Gong exercises two times daily. Community residents and students learn at 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., and community residents, teachers, and staff members learn at 4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Many people are taking the classes enthusiastically. There was a grandmother in the class who had hypertension, and after two months of exercises and study, she was re-checked at the hospital. The doctor asked what she did to reduce her blood pressure so dramatically. She said it was Falun Gong. She said that many residents near the school like Falun Gong very much, too.

Teacher Lin Shuyuan	Teacher Chen Zhiqing

Teacher Chen Zhiqing benefited from the practice and promoted it in the school.

Chen said he started teaching Falun Gong on campus when the Sports Committee initialised a "double the number of people doing exercises" project. He was previously severely injured in sports training, but Falun Gong restored his health, and he benefited from Falun Gong exercises both mentally and physically, Now he wants more people to benefit from this good exercise.

Several nearby schools began promoting Falun Gong first. After getting approval from the Sports Committee, several Falun Gong practitioners started to teach the exercises at Sishih Elementary School. After doing the exercises for some time, most of the teachers experienced their chronic diseases improving, and students behaved better in school.

As for himself, Mr. Chen Zhiqing said that he sometimes impatient when dealing with the naughty students, and some times scolded and spanked them. But after practising Falun Gong, he realised these were not good methods so he changed his ways. Now when he sees a student make a bad decision, he first looks within himself to see if he did anything wrong. He also begins to see the students' merits instead of their shortcomings. As a result, the relationship between teachers and students has improved.

First grade teacher Ms. Guo Yajun started to practise Falun Gong because she respected the practitioner teachers:

She said she noticed that a group of teachers were practising Falun Gong in the school, and that they were very responsible, and handled matters and student affairs well. She thought this was great, and believed that the exercises must be good. Later, her younger sister gave birth to a child and her health was not good. So she thought she could learn the Falun Gong exercises and then teach her sister. Beyond her expectations, after three months she found that some of her annoying gynaecological diseases gradually disappeared, and she found her self more tolerant of students and school affairs. Some students also noticed the changes. They said the teacher didn't get angry at them any more and was as patient as an angel.

The students practised Falun Gong, and the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance," and had fewer conflicts with schoolmates and siblings.

Student Xu Jiarong	Other students are interviewed

Xu has practised Falun Gong for one year. At first, his mother objected to his doing the exercises, but he continued to practise at school. Gradually his bad temper and bad behaviour disappeared, and his health improved.

Li Qianyu said she used to visit the hospital at least once a week, and needed to take medicine each time. After practising Falun Gong she is stronger and healthier, and no longer needs to see the doctor. Before, she sometimes yelled at classmates, but Falun Gong has changed her and she no longer yells at anyone.