The apple is a symbol for teachers and teaching — students have given shiny fresh apples to their teachers on the first day of school for over a century. But exactly how the apple earned this distinction is not entirely clear."">The most common explanation is that in the 16th through 18th centuries in Denmark, Sweden, and the United States, poorer farming folk would pay their children's teachers with food - most notably with common and plentiful apples and potatoes. Another is that farmers gave teachers this food to supplement the teachers' low incomes; as teachers' wages went up, the amount of food went down. Eventually, students brought in that one apple out of tradition more than anything else.Another consideration is that in the retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, Eve is said to have eaten an apple from the Tree of Knowledge. The apple is not actually mentioned in the book of Genesis; only "the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge." Regardless, the apple story stuck. Since teachers offer knowledge to their students, the apple -as the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge — makes the perfect symbol.Some people point out that, when young children learn the alphabet, each letter is associated with a word they already know: A is for Apple, B is for Ball, and so on. So the apple is a symbol of the letter A, which is also the grade that most students want. So perhaps some students came to the conclusion that if they gave their teachers an A at the beginning of the school year, the teachers might return the favor and give them an A at the end of the year.This type of early "kissing up" led to the term apple polishing, a.k.a. brown-nosing, or offering up gifts or false flattery in hopes of gaining favor.Thousands of teachers receive shiny new apples at the beginning of every school year. Although they may have secretly hoped for an Apple iPod instead, this fruity gift is still appreciated. By giving your teacher an apple on the first day of school, you uphold a centuries-old tradition, make your teacher feel appreciated, and get the year started off right.
小瑜媽一直都好喜歡相片短，決定跟小瑜一同做立體感謝卡（盒）給莫老師跟王老師！
今日返完團契回家小瑜兒已入了夢鄉，看看她的小書包有什麼通告和功課，看到了她給我的第一張母親節卡！
看到雙手捧著forget me not... 好可愛!
但也不及小瑜兒的drawing book 來得窩心。因為有她自己一筆一筆畫給我的花兒！
想起上星期小瑜跟好朋友銘銘一同做給媽媽的花樽和婆婆的小花，馬上去睇多次先 (=^^=) quality都唔錯啦
小瑜兒復活假前病了兩星期，差不多一個月無返學，小瑜兒放假時常問可以返學嗎？為什麼學校沒有人上學？
終於昨天放完復活節假第一日上學！ 小瑜兒見到同學們十分好開心！！尤其見到佢best friend: 銘銘！
見到他們手牽手一同沿路跑回家，一同玩一同笑，一同跳樓梯，真的好開心
等了近一年，本星期五終於到我做小瑜學校的故事媽媽！！
好緊張，由開學時打算的龜兔賽跑故事，到小巴士的故事。。。最近又覺得拎住英文書講中文好似唔係咁好，今晚又去圖書館找書，睇中了三本，諗緊邊本可以附加小活動給小朋友，釣魚好還是做頸鏈好？？
結果先買了幾包小絨球，看看是否用得到。。。
好想找曾經讀過有關蒲公英的書，但又找不到。。。
仲有三日，希望Colbie到時好返可以返學聽故事
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