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Hi, We are selling this magazine. But we will keep it running at a high quality as it has been of, until we find a confident person to take over. More information of selling please refer to page 5. Both of us have been working respectively besides running this magazine since June 2015. Four years have come and gone. Over these years not only did we manage to make Your Child in Monash blossomed but also we got to meet many successful and determined business owners in the areas of Monash, Dandenong, Knox and beyond. Meanwhile since then my workload in a school has increased steadily every year and finally these two years being a full-time teacher besides running the magazines is taking its toll on me. Therefore we have decided to hand it over to another person, who is ready to make changes in life, with ambitions to increase family income, and to improve our local communities. Look forward to talking to you.
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在这边做老师也快十年了，感觉是比国内的老师舒服的。不 用无休止加班，没有规定好的升学压力，收入还行，假期也还 行。而且一开始让我特别欣慰的是老师和学生之间的隐私保护得 很好。学生老师之间不准加个人联系，有什么事情工作的时候 说，课后有什么事情通过学校邮件联系，也没人要求老师一定要 及时回复。 这种距离感让人舒服。 但这种距离也让人陌生。 这段时间刚好有一个高中毕业了两三年的学生回校给学生辅 导一个比赛。这个学生当年考试考得不错，回来我自然是欢喜。 虽然接触下来，一些高中的毛病并没有在大学几年改善多少，但 这份淡淡的师生之情还是萦绕在心头。这看来也有几分缘分。 我自己不是个长情的人，可是对老师的感情一直都是有的。 回老家还是会带上茶，带上澳洲的特产去看看老师，唠嗑唠嗑， 再听听老师的话，总能领悟上一番。我的长辈里不忽悠不吹牛文 化高的不多，能听到老师的一些人生感悟，总是受益匪浅。 毕竟还是在国内长大的人，“一日为师，终身为师”，这样 的道理小时候背了，在成长大的过成融会贯通，成年了就成了习 惯。 可是后来发现在澳洲，师生情原来也是奢望。 客观的原因吧，除了小学一个固定的老师能带一年，中学的 老师换得又频繁人数也多。再加上学校规定产生的距离感，很容 易就理所当然地以为老师的付出都是理所当然，特别在学费昂贵 的私校，有些同学还会想反正就是顾客与商店的关系，我给你 钱，你给我服务。 其次外国的大氛围一直都是疏离。
孩子长到18岁就会离开家。说好听些是历练。不好听的就是一个人出去独自 面对所有困难，房租自己想办法，学费自己贷，学习自己理，决定自己做。突然 的分离让国外的孩子特别独立，成熟得也早，这种人格魅力之前在《读者》等杂 志上看到特别向往，因为我们没有。我们的十八岁要不就还在家里衣来伸手饭来 张口，备战高三；要不已经上大学，可是不用烦恼学费和生活费，假期回家就是 睡觉，良心来了帮点家务，爸妈抱怨不已，还捎带点嫌弃。 可是这种嫌弃里还带着爱，我们互怼的时候也是带着爱，带着依赖，带着浓浓 的亲情。 所以后来外国的老人老了，不用带孙子，自由自在，可是更老了，就住老人 院，有多少外国人会把老人接到家里服侍养老，很少很少。 可叹我们一些华人父母，早年的时候学外国人，早早就要跟孩子划清界线，老 年又希望儿孙绕膝，孩子赡养终老，这是不是又太贪心了？ 打下这些字的时候，我愣了一下，我是不是又太贪心了。又想要享受澳洲老师
的假期，福利和隐私，又希望孩子像对待国内老师一样师恩难忘，我到底是太贪 心了。 具体发生什么事就不唠叨了，只是学生完全没有半分情分，出现任何事情马 上把责任推到别人身上，没有原则的人生是不会受到别人尊敬的。而且这些留学 生都是国内经济条件不错的孩子，在国内也是读了很久的书，一到国外把国内的 传统丢了，却又没学到国外人的诚实和责任感。所以把孩子中学送出来的父母 们，是不是要再考虑一下孩子的人格塑造？而这些父母跟他们孩子之间的亲密感 又是什么样的情况？这怕又是一篇文章。 亲亲疏疏，人与人之间的关系真的很难把握；师生亲子，本来其实是很简单 的关系，为什么又被异乡文化全球化冲击得形状全变，错综复杂？本来人一辈子 也遇不到什么人，但是我们可以走得很远，认识的人数量多了，可是投注在每个 人的时间却少了。微信上人那么多，但真正能说话的却比没有电话的年代还要 少。 这一段时间，我微信删了很多人；现实生活中，也需要开始清理人际关系了。
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