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The Young Technologist: Telling the Truth
In her later primary years, Nurin wrote and stapled a booklet to persuade other children to tell the truth, with a story about two friends and a photocopier.
Nurin, our second child, made many little books of her own. This one is a stapled A4 booklet called "The young technologist", Part 1: "Telling the Truth". She made it around 2016 to 2018, in her later primary years.
She introduces herself on the first page as "the young technologist", who is going to talk about things that will help you in life. Then she gets to the point. On a page headed "Motivations" she is honest about how hard it is: "As now I'm a child, I expirience how hard telling the truth is." She says she would rather tell the truth and get the punishment, "so that I won't make the same mistakes". And then: "I even make a composition about this to motivate children to tell the truth, here it goes!"
The composition is about two friends, Ahmad and Arsyad, a photocopier and some ten-dollar notes. Ahmad tells the truth. Arsyad does not. By the end Ahmad has learned that loving a friend does not mean doing whatever that friend does. Her advice on the last page of the story: "Be a GBF!", a Good Best Friend.
Part 1 / The young technologist / TELLING THE TRUTH / by NURIN NAJWAA
I am Nurin, the young techholagist. Today, I am going to talk about things that Will help you in life. / Life is beautyful when there is peace
Telling the TRUTH / Bycology said if you want to know wheather the person is lying or not, you look into the eyes. If, I meant... after you straight away ask the quistion, look into the eyes. Be Sharp! If they turn to the left They're lying!. If they look to the right They're telling the truth √√. If they look up, down or like→ They must be confused this othe 3 eyes if they show meant that you saw them Late.
Motivations / As now I'm a child, I expirience how hard telling the truth is. We are just scared that we Will get scolded. For me, I've looked deep into this, and you know what? I don't care. The words just hurt my feelings. But I'm a strong person. I won't let myself down. But if I get punish, THEN I care. I don't tell lies. I'll tell the truth and get the punishment, so that I Won't make the same mistakes. I even make a composition about this to motivate children to tell the truth, here it goes!
Have you ever been scared to tell the truth? Well, Ahmad and Arsyad have. On one Friday evening, when Ahmad and Arsyad were having thier breakfast, the doorbell rang. Ahmad and Arsyad rushed downstairs to see a postman with a super large box. "For Mdm.Maryam" The postman said as he let the two boys carried the mystry box into the living room, then excitedly opened the box. It was a photocopy machine. "Let's print money" said Arsyad "Yeah" Ahmad said. They print lots of $10 notes "Let's test it out on the bookshop dowstairs!" Arsyad exclamed.
"Do you think it's a good idea?" Ahmad asked. "Sure it is!!" Arsyad said with joy. Ahmad sighed, he know it really wasn't the right thing to do, but he didn't Want to let his bestfriend down. So they did. They got $50 dollars together and bought a smartwatch. 2of them. They gave the fake money then ran upstairs to Ahmad's house as fast as thier tiny feet can take them. "Come back here!" shouted the caisheir. "This is fake money!!" and straight away the cashier called the police. 2hours later, there were polices everywhere.
They managed to track Ahmad and Arsyad's house and soon or later before they went into the police car, the police double-check they were the right people. "Did you photocopy money?!" the police said "No not at all, not ME but Him" said Arsyad hoping he would not go to Jail "you're free!" the police said to Arsyad. "Arsyad! Allah dosen't like people who lie!" Ahmad said, not because he didnt want to go jail alone, but because he love him and did not want him to get punished by Allah.
"I hate you" said Arsyad as he walked away. "Hey you Ahmad did you photocopy money". Ahmad told the truth, and sure enough he was in Jail, he even told the police that Ahmad was the main cost, but they did not belive him. After he was been released, he learned something important: "follow the right path, this is a test" that meant that if he love someone doesn't mean he must do whatever his othe friend do and not to photocopy money. But Most important, he learnt not to lie. But Arsyad didn't learn anything and repeat the mistake but this time the police got lots of avidence and was send to Jail. Ahmad knew how it feel to be in Jail and at least Arsyad learnt his lesson. So Ahmad spoke to the police and Arsyad was free. And now they are: Good Best Friends / Be a: GBF! / Dont be [?] BF[?]
What we see in it
This booklet is Impart, the last step of our 4-I, in a child's own hands. Nurin did not keep the lesson about honesty to herself. She wrote it down for other children, in her own words and her own spelling, and gave it a title and a part number. She also admits that telling the truth is hard and that children are scared of being scolded. Hearing that from another child makes the advice easier to take.
