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4-3 for those affected, and learning of children in need
in other parts of the world, they’ll collect and donate
Apart from passing on knowledge and stationery and other supplies to them.
professional skills to students, how else do
teachers at Tzu Chi’s schools guide their
students?

Based on the core values of Tzu Chi’s schools, the
teachers not only encourage their students to con-
tribute what they’ve learned to society, but also guide
them to abide by common decency, take care of their
daily living, and nurture compassion for others.
For example, all Tzu
C h i s t ude nt s a r e
taught to have proper Tzu Chi elementary students and their parents work together to
table manners, decent clean up a beach in Hualien, as part of Tzu Chi’s Earth Day activities.
attire, and respectful (Xu Rong-hui)
behavior. At school,
they are asked to
help with ser ving
food, washing dishes, A Tzu Chi student feeds pudding to a
cleaning the campus, resident of an elderly home in Hualien.
and tidying up their (Xu Rong-hui)
classrooms and restrooms. During their field trips,
they’ll visit hospitals and homes for children or
senior citizens as well as take part in other volunteer
services, such as street or beach cleanups. When
disasters strike, they’ll be encouraged to raise funds Children from Tzu Chi’s kindergarten in Hualien sell bath muffins to
fundraise for Syrian refugee children in Jordan. (Chen Pei-zhu)

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