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Contentseducating towards a better future89The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him tohold in higher esteem those who think alike than thosewho think differently.Friedrich Nietzschett Teaching tipDifferent windows to the worldNo child enters school as a ‘blank canvas’. Every child’s home life is different andevery child has different life experiences, feelings, interests, strengths and peculiarities.Beginning in kindergarten, children will experience many developments in their lives.They tell stories about their experiences, which opens up a window into their worldand serves as a rich source of exchange. Insight into these experiences can form the basisof mutual recognition, acceptance, respect and friendship. Moreover, these storiesprovide a wealth of inspirational material about daily life, as well as about the similaritiesand differences between people. When teachers offer their pupils the opportunity,these stories will emerge spontaneously.to Teaching optionExchange of Diversity – an examplefrom underwater cultural heritageDish with floral lozenge motif from the Belitungshipwreck, ArtScience Museum, Singapore,Photographed by Jacklee, wikicommons.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ceramics_recovered_from_the_Belitung_shipwreckIn a ninth-century shipwreck foundby treasure hunters off Indonesia, latercalled the Belitung wreck, a number ofChinese plates were recovered. Prior tothe Belitung find, historians thoughtthat in the Tang period, China tradedprimarily through the land Silk Roadof Central Asia, even though ancientrecords told of Persian fleets sailingthe Southeast Asian seas. The Belitungdhow confirms that a huge volume oftrade took place along a Maritime Silkroute.