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      Education has always been a hot topic among parents as it is directly related to the future of their children. How to educate children can be a sweet but painstaking task for parents, many of whom try to offer their sons or daughters the best environment.

      Just as a recent article in your newspaper titled parents trying to be helpful may turn kids into snobs said, competition between parents over children's education starts from the kind of animated series children watch. For some parents, watching foreign animated shows is better than watching domestic ones. By watching foreign animated shows, children can learn English at the same time.

      However, this does not mean children should only watch foreign shows and those watching foreign shows are superior to those watching domestic ones.

      Domestic shows have their own advantages. They can help children learn traditional Chinese culture and history. Take Journey to the West. This show was based on one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature which tells the story of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) Buddhist monk Xuanzang and his three disciples overcoming various difficulties as they make their way to the West for obtaining Buddhist sacred texts. By watching this show, children can learn more about the history of the Tang Dynasty and the development of Buddhist culture in China.

      Foreign shows can open a window for children to gain a better understanding of the outside world while domestic shows can help them be more familiar with their own country. So children ought to be encouraged to watch both as long as the content of the show is beneficial.

      This can also be applied to other things. For example, children should be encouraged to read both folk tales from China and foreign countries. When I was a child, my mother liked to read folk tales for me, from which I learned the importance of filial piety, honesty and other ethics that the Chinese people embrace.

      What is more important, once parents hold views of superiority, the views can more or less leave a subtle influence on their children. Initially, children are innocent. Nevertheless, they, influenced by their parents, slowly hold the views that watching foreign shows like Backkom is superior to watching domestic shows such as pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. A sense of superiority may make them look down upon others. Once a sense of hierarchy imposed by adults is formed in children's minds, parents' education can never be regarded as successful.

      The book Little prince contains the line: "All grown-ups were once children … but only a few of them remember it." It is hoped that parents can offer their children a pure childhood and make them free from a sense of superiority.


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  • "Your sparrows, eh? Savage little creatures. No discipline, of course. Darn good fighters, though. But tell me, what do jolly old sparrows know about Asmodeus?"

    "It all has to do with Martin's sword," Matthias explained. "You see, one of their kings stole the sword from the north point of the vane on the Abbey roof. That was many years ago. From there the sword has been passed down through sparrow kings until it came into the claws of the late King Bull Sparra."

    "Not the silly ass who managed to get himself drowned yesterday?" said Basil through a mouthful of hazelnut junket.

    "The same one," Matthias replied. "But to cut a long story short, the adder stole the sword from him. That's why I want to know about Asmodeus, you see."

    "Play with fire, you'll get yourself burned," warned the hare.

    Matthias knew Basil could be manipulated. He was insistent: "Oh please, Basil, you must tell me all you know, it was Methuselah's life-work trying to find that sword. I must continue for his sake."

    The hare gnawed thoughtfully on some bread and salad. "Well, if you put it that way, young feller, anything I can do to help I will. You'll need a good guide?

    Matthias interrupted: "I must find the sword by myself. Basil. Just tell me all you know about the adder called Asmodeus."

    The hare lay back on his bed. He took a long draught of October ale before answering. "Quite frankly, old chap, 1 know nothing about the bally snake. I thought the blighter had died years ago."

    Matthias groaned aloud, but Basil cut him short. "Mind you, having said that, I think 1 have a pretty fair idea who will know. Listen, if you strike out north-east across Mossflower Wood, you'll find a deserted farmhouse beyond the far edge. Now, the chap you want to see is a whopping great snowy owl that patrols between the fringes of the wood and the old sandstone quarry. His name is Captain Snow. Bear in mind,

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    though, hell eat you on sight if he gets the chance! Military bird, but a real bounder." "Then how do I get to talk with him?" said Matthias

    abruptly.

    'Temper, temper, m'lad," Basil chuckled. Reaching down to his bedside locker he dug out his dress tunic. It was covered in medals and decorations from a hundred campaigns. The hare selected a medal. Detaching it from the jacket, he tossed it across to Matthias.

    "Here, catch! That's a medal, doncha know. Captain Snow gave it to me for saving his life."

    "You saved the owl's life?" said Matthias.

    "I should say I did," Basil laughed at the memory. "Feathery old fool went to sleep in a rotten dead tree. It got blown down in a gale and trapped the blighter underneath. He'd have died if 1 hadn't come along, dug under the thing and pulled him out. Popped out Kke a shuttlecock under a door. Fellow officer, you understand. Couldn't leave him there to get flattened. His face is flat enough as it is."

    "So all 1 do is show him this medal?" asked the young

    mouse.

    Basil laughed at his friend's naivet? "Yes, that's alt but if you don't want to be scoffed, make sure he . Tell the old buffer that Basil Stag Hare sent you. And mind your manners! Make sure you call him by his proper rank, 'Cap'n.' Oh, and I'd like that medal back sometime. Spoils the look of me number-one dress tunic, missing decoration."

    Matthias studied the medal. It was a silver cross embellished with a spread-winged owl. The ribbon was of faded white silk. Though it was old, it shone bright in the sunlight

    "Thank you, Basil," he said. "I'll see you get it back. Is mere anything else I should know?"


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  • That apart, Hinduism has traditionally considered sex an essential part of life, which could be why the carvings are casually interspersed between others that portray activities as varied as prayer and war. The fact that they are set in plain view and not tucked away in an obscure corner seems to suggest that their creators meant for them to be seen by all .

    Isolation helped these graphic motifs survive 
    Bizarrely, there’s no reason why these ornate temples were built at Khajuraho, since there’s no clear record of whether there was even a kingdom in this location. The survival of these graphic motifs can likely be attributed to their isolation for hundreds of years in the region’s once-thick forest, only rediscovered by Englishman Captain TS Burt in 1838 .

    In fact, Burt himself had to be persuaded by his Indian attendants to make the journey; he didn’t believe anything of interest would be found at the remote spot. These charmed temples have also managed to evade the wrath of India’s moral police, who in recent years banned or destroyed.


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  • Campaigners have said the law was discriminatory as most couples end up using the husband's surname.

    However, the court said the law did not violate the constitution, public broadcast NHK reported.

    It did however deem a separate law that stops women remarrying within six months of a divorce unconstitutional.

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    Judge Itsuro Terada noted that among the Japanese there was already informal use of maiden names, which eased the impact of the surname law reenex 價錢 .

    He said parliamentarians should decide on whether to pass new legislation on separate spousal names.

    The Japan Times cited studies in the past 40 years which show that more than 96% of Japanese couples opt for the husband's surname.

    The surname case was brought by three individual women and one couple in a civil partnership, who argued that the law was unconstitutional, discriminatory and archaic.

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  • Brussels will stay on the highest level of terror alert because of the "serious and imminent" threat of Paris-style attacks, Belgium's prime minister says reenex.

    Charles Michel added that universities, schools and the metro would stay shut reenex cps .

    Brussels has been on lockdown all weekend, amid a manhunt for suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.

    Meanwhile, the BBC understands that a suicide bomber - pictured in a new French police appeal - arrived in Greece under the name of M al-Mahmod reenex cps .

    The BBC's Ed Thomas has matched the image released by French police with a photo on the arrival papers of a man who reached the Greek island of Leros on 3 October.

     


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