The sunshine bathing the Earth greets the students with their laugh who are going to study.

Riiiiiing…

The bell rings, and all students directly run into their class.

A woman teacher in a kindergarten steps into the class, followed by a warm smile drawn on her lips.

“Good morning teacher,” greet the students.
“Good morning children. Today, I have a game for you”

With the potatoes and plastic bags that have been prepared by the children, she gives the instruction to them.

“Okay. Take the potatoes you have brought, and then write down the name of the people you hate on it. I don’t limit the number of the potatoes you will use. After that, put them into the plastic bags and bring them wherever you go”

In the next day, each students bring the potatoes in the plastic bags they have prepared yesterday. Some brings two, three, five, and even seven. Like what their teacher had instructed, each potato are written down with the names of the people they hate and they must bring it wherever they go, even into the restroom, for three days.

Days are going on. The potatoes begin to rot. Students start getting not comfortable, especially those who bring until seven potatoes. Besides heavy, the smell is very bad. After they pass the third days, they feel happy because they don’t need to bring that stuff.

“So, how do you feel?” Asks the teacher.

The students start commenting. Basically they say that they feel not comfortable, can’t go anywhere freely. They even say that they can’t stand the bad smell, and they feel tired because the potatoes are heavy.

The teacher then says, “That’s how the hate feels that we always bring everywhere. If we can’t forgive other people, it really is not fun to bring rotten potatoes, right? That was just only three days. How if we bring that hate forever? So, it’s very nice if we can forgive each other and live in peace”

The students nod as the begin to understand the moral value of the potato thing they learned. They all smile, and the teacher continue to give a new lesson

By: Clevaria Ery Swandari