关于孝道的英文作文经典20篇

“羊有跪乳之情，鸦有反哺之义”，孝是中华民族的传统美德。而父母的幸福大多来自于儿女们的孝顺，写到这里我情不自禁想起我的奶奶，我奶奶的一生是辛苦的，又是快乐的。

奶奶今年快八十岁了，慈祥的脸庞早已布满沧桑，后背稍稍弯曲，一条条白色的发丝记录着奶奶一生的故事，而让我印象最深刻的是奶奶脸上时常挂着知足的笑容，当她跟邻居老伙伴们谈天说地时，那些老伙伴们经常夸奶奶十分幸福，让人羡慕。

记得大人说起，人一旦上了年纪，最怕的是孤独了，可我奶奶在晚辈中却十分有“威信”，家里大大小小事情晚辈们都得跟奶奶探讨，让奶奶拿捏主意，逢年过节的，在外的亲人们一回到家都得先去看望奶奶，跟奶奶聊聊家常，此时奶奶一样把晚辈们当孩子一样喧寒问暖，而我爸爸工作再怎么忙，每周末他也都会抽出时间带上我回老家去看望奶奶，陪着奶奶散步，带奶奶去运动，有时他会骑着“小毛驴”带上奶奶到镇区去逛街……“百善孝为先”，这句话爸爸经常会跟我提起过，而他也做到了。

上了年纪后，奶奶身上的毛病多了起来，而爸爸对奶奶的照顾总是无微不至。记得那是下雨天的一个晚上，奶奶在家门口摔了一跤，当时爸爸正出差在外，当他听到这一消息后，爸爸先安慰好奶奶，并让家人先带上奶奶去医院，而后他放下手中的工作，深夜里，他心急如焚冒着滂沱大雨打车到了医院，病床上的奶奶因腿脚摔断了在病床上痛苦地呻吟着，爸爸的着急写在脸上，他二话不说赶紧跑上跑下，联系急诊医生即刻给奶奶动了手术……

就拿我来说吧，我觉得自己对长辈最大的孝顺就是把学习成绩提高，尽量让爸妈少操心，平时在家里做一些自己力所能及的事。如上次母亲节时，当妈妈吃完饭后，我抢着洗了所有的碗筷后，给妈妈捶了捶背，我在妈妈后背一下一下，十分认真地捶着，突然，我发现妈妈的头上长了几根白发了，我不禁想起妈妈平日不仅要辛苦工作，而且回家后还要做些家务活，并帮助我辅导作业，于是我捶得更认真了，并在心中暗暗许诺：我以后要更加孝敬妈妈。

孝，一个很深奥又很平凡的字眼……

Hello!My name is Liu yi tian,my English name is Nancy,I’m a girl pupil,a good girl pupil!My favourite food is meat,I also like rice、noodles、milk、apples、oranges,and so on.I don’t like pears.I like riding my bike、skipping,I don’t like swimming.

Now, do you know me？Make friends with me quickly!

恪守孝道

材料中的王艳华数十年如一日地恪守孝道，用自我的实际行动诠释了孝的始终如一。

林语堂曾说过：“一个自然人必定会爱自我的女儿，但只有受文化熏陶的人，才会孝养父母。”

还记得黄香吗？那个冬天以自我的身体为父母温暖枕席的孝子。

还记得茅容吗？总是将美味的食物留给母亲独自享用。

还记得陈毅吗？一位为母亲亲自洗尿裤和脏衣服的元帅。

还记得谢延信吗？那个细心侍奉亡妻家人33年依旧坚持的人。

还记得田世国吗？一个为患尿毒症晚期的母亲捐肾救子的爱子。

还记得孟佩杰吗？一个精心照顾养母，用弱小的肩膀撑起几经风雨的家的90后女孩。

他们无一不在诠释着孝的内涵，演绎着人间的正道。他们都跟平凡，然而却彰显着平凡的伟大。正所谓“孝于亲，所当执”。孝乃百善之首。

古今孝事，无需惊天动地，无需感天动地。

作为学生，理解父母的辛苦，感谢父母的付出就是在恪守孝道。放学回家为劳累一天的父母泡一杯浓茶，这就是一种孝；在父母疲惫时，为他们捶捶背、揉揉肩，这也是一种孝。

作为工作者，时刻惦念父母，牵挂父母就是在恪守孝道。

子曰：“父母在，不远游，游必有方：”子曰：“父母之年，不可不知也。一则以喜，一则以惧。”??????孔子也提出了“孝”的主张。因此，我们要更加恪守孝道。

羊有跪乳之恩，鸦有反哺之义。

恪守孝道，或许不会像王祥一样卧冰求鲤，或许不会像杨香一样扼虎救父，但我们能够从身边的小事做起，怀有一颗感恩的心。恪守孝道。让这时间充满爱。

活是活着呢，活得咋样?你给父母拿来山珍海味，但是就随手往桌上一礅，然后冷淡无比的来一声：“吃吧。”看见老娘在洗衣服，很不耐烦地来句：“我来。”这就是孝?孝敬本应使父母快乐，你就那么多不耐烦，他们能乐得起来吗?父母只需要物质上的“养”，就不需要精神上的“敬”?不但需要，而且老人需要的比我们更多。缺少了“敬”的“养”，一定是态度出现了问题，这个态度问题主要还是在于为人子女者的孝心不是根于诚笃。

孝道作为儒家伦理思想的核心，作为千百年来中国社会维系家庭关系的道德准则，是中华民族的传统美德。而在新中国成立以来相当长的一段时间里，孝道被当作封建糟粕遭到否定。的确，传统孝道不免糟粕。孝经有云：“毛发色肤取之于父母，稍有损耗是为不孝”，这有些苛刻;丁兰“刻木求亲”稍有做作与夸张;郭巨“埋儿奉母”之举也未免迂腐。“顺者为孝”也有些不人性;至于“君让臣死，臣不得不死;父让子亡，子不能不亡”就更让我们难以接收了。我们这么想不为过。我们不需要那么做，更不必要那么做，可是孝道本身所具备的美德特质我们没有资格否定。

孝道作为维系和促进以家庭为细胞的社会的进步与发展，绝对应该发扬光大，而且誓在必行。从风俗角度上说，这更是极为重要的。元代张养浩说：“盖自上而下者谓之风，因上而成者谓之俗，故风俗，国家之元气，风俗厚则元气盛……风俗薄则元气衰……”元代御史上奏时也说过：“国家以风俗为本，……而风俗厚为治之至要也。”对于当今社会的风俗如何，笔者不敢妄下言论。简单说来我们起码得有个全国上下都一致的观点吧!

一个民族的强大是因为整个民族心往一块想、劲往一块使，有相同的价值观、世界观、人生观，这就形成了强大的民族凝聚力。说到此处似乎与孝道甚远了，也过于理想化，然而离我们最近的、最实际的、也是最容易普及的统一民风不正是孝道吗?一个人还不能爱自己的家、自己的家人，又如何去爱别人的家，乃至于国家这个大家庭呢?连最容易的“风”也形成不了，那只能眼看着“疯”了。民族整体素质的提高也是个循序渐进的过程，发扬光大了孝道，再谈其他的也就不远了。

Ofo is very popular nowadays, which brings great convenience to people. For

foreign media, they even treat Ofo as one of new four inventions in China. I

like to use Ofo so much. I can take exercise and enjoy the scenery. But the news

reported that a lot of Ofos had been destroyed. some were stolen and some were

broken. Ofo is the new industry, which needs to be supported. While some

peoples bad behavior hurts publics interest. I believe that most people will

protect the bikes and they return them on time. It is everybodys duty to

protect the public property. Dont be greedy for the small advantage.

My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s, amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he was deeply involved in a campaign in the Dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a bloody world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life, Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately. He was removed from the admiralty and effectively sidelined.

Overwhelmed by the catastrophe — “I thought he would die of grief,” said his wife, Clementine —he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, “The muse of painting came to my rescue!”

Wandering in the garden one day, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors. He watched her for a few minutes, then borrowed her brush and tried his hand. The muse had cast her spell!

Churchill soon decided to experiment with oils. Delighted with this distraction from his dark broodings, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints she could find.

For Churchill, however, the next step seemed difficult as he contemplated with unaccustomed nervousness the blameless whiteness of a new canvas. He started with the sky and later described how “very gingerly I mixed a little blue paint on the palette, and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean upon the affronted snow-white shield. At that moment the sound of a motor car was heard in the drive. From this chariot stepped the gifted wife of Sir John Lavery .”

“ ‘Painting!’ she declared. ‘But what are you hesitating about? Let me have the brush — the big one.’ Splash into the turpentine, wallop into the blue and the white, frantic flourish on the palette, and then several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely cowering canvas.”

At that time, John Lavery— a Churchill neighbor and celebrated painter— was tutoring Churchill in his art. Later, Lavery said of his unusual pupil: “Had he chosen painting instead of statesmanship, I believe he would have been a great master with the brush.”

In painting, Churchill had discovered a companion with whom he was to walk for the greater part of the years that remained to him. After the war, painting would offer deep solace when, in 1921, the death of the mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and Clementine’s beloved three-year-old daughter, Marigold. Battered by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland, finding comfort in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: “I went out and painted a beautiful river in the afternoon light with crimson and golden hills in the background. Alas I keep feeling the hurt of the Duckadilly (Marigold’s pet name).”

Historians have called the decade after 1929, when the Conservative government fell and Winston was out of office, his wilderness years. Politically he may have been wandering in barren places, a lonely fighter trying to awaken Britain to the menace of Hitler, but artistically that wilderness bore abundant fruit. During these years he often painted in the South of France. Of the 500-odd canvases extant, roughly 250 date from 1930 to 1939.

Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. “Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a Pastime, “ for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father.

我的父亲，温斯顿·丘吉尔，在他四十多岁时开始迷恋上绘画，当时环境异常恶劣。那是在1915年，任海军大臣的他，积极投身于在达达尼尔海峡的一场战役中，这场战役本可以缩短那段血雨腥风的世界大战。但由于遭受失败，伤亡惨重，丘吉尔于公于私都付出了代价。他被从海军部调离且实则坐起了冷板凳。

在灾难的折磨下——他的妻子克莱门廷说：“我想他会痛苦而死，”——他携家带口来到萨利郡的一处乡间静居霍·华姆。在那儿，丘吉尔后来回忆道，“是绘画中的冥思拯救了我！”

一天他在花园散步时，偶然看到他的弟媳在用水彩作画。他观察了几分钟，然后向她借了画笔并一试身手。他的专注仿佛给他施了魔法！

丘吉尔很快就决定试试去画油画。看到他从阴暗的忧郁思中解脱出来，克莱门廷非常开心，她赶忙去买所有能买到的颜料。

然而，迈出下一步似乎有些困难，因为丘吉尔看到一块新画布的洁白无暇时感到无所适从和为难。他先从天空画起，后来他描述如何“非常谨慎地在调色板上加入一点儿蓝色调，然后以万分的小心，在这块被蓄意冒犯的雪白的防护板上点上豌豆大的一笔。这时，传来一阵驾驶机动车的马达声。约翰·拉威利先生才华出众的太太从这辆车中姗然而下。

“‘在画画呀！’她高声说着。‘可你还在犹豫什么呢？给我那支笔——那支头号的。’只见松油飞溅，她在蓝白颜料间挥毫泼墨，在调色板上龙飞凤舞，接着在吓得发皱的油画布上用力东戳西捣几下蓝色。”

那时，约翰·拉威利——丘吉尔的邻居，也是一位有名的画家—正教丘吉尔学画。后来提及他的这位特殊的学生，拉威利说：“倘若他选择绘画而不是从政，我相信他会是位绘画大师的。”

在绘画中，丘吉尔找到了能陪他度过余生大部分时光的知已。战后，在1921年，母亲刚去世两个月，他和克莱门廷就失去了他们深爱着的三岁女儿玛丽戈尔德，这时作画给了他一些安慰。在痛苦的打击下，温斯顿来到苏格兰朋友们的家中以求得安慰，用绘画来解脱自己。他在给克莱门廷的信中说：“我出外画了一条夕阳下美丽的溪流，背后映衬着晚霞的群山。唉，达克迪莉（玛丽戈尔德的昵称）使我的苦痛总是挥之不去。

史学家把1929年后的十年，也就是保守党政府垮台而温斯顿下台的时间，称为他的荒凉岁月。政治上，他一直在举步维艰的处境中徘徊，是一个孤独的勇士在努力唤起受到希特勒威胁的国人，但在艺术上他在那荒凉岁月却硕果累累。这些年他经常在法国南部作画。在现存的500多张油画中，大约250张是1930至1939年间的作品。

绘画给丘吉尔带来了乐趣直到他的人生尽头。在他所著的《画中的消遣》里说：“画家其乐融融，因为他们不会孤独。光与色，和平与希望，会始终伴随他们。”我父亲就是这样一个人。

[温斯顿·丘吉尔:生活侧记-名人传记英文故事

It was the second day of our summer holiday. I felt good. I felt Im free.

I had a lot of time to do things I like. My parents are in Beijing. So I live

alone but I dont feel lonely. But I didnt do something special. I stayed at

home and watched TV. Oh! I wrote an English daily composition. It was my

homework. Today, I have slept for 14 hours. I thought I was very tired. It was

time for dinner. I must go! I am very hungry.

对于求职者来说，如何用心创造有个性的求职信？英文求职信的写作方法有哪些呢？

虽然求职信一般来说包括1.你得知这份工作的管道。2.学历及职历的概要。3.你的个性以及能力。4.联络地点、联络方式，以及最后的感谢语等，但其实这里可以发挥创意的空间非常的大。求职信的诉求在于延续求职简历的内容，更清楚的表现工作企图心、个性、特质等。另外，有时写些自己平时喜欢从事的活动来补充履历也很不错。

举例来说，你甚至可以这么写：「我工作时专注的耐力就是从钓鱼中培养出来的」。

求职信的书写诀窍

1.表现自我的个性及特质

建议使用积极正面的陈述方式。

2.文章不可冗长

控制在总共四段、每段五行以内。

3.前瞻性的气魄

具有勇于突破与开创气质的人是外商公司的最爱。因此并不需要对之前辞职的原委做太多的解释。

4.少用第一人称

为了避免流于自大与主观的缺点，尽量少用第一人称。

说明你从何处得知这个工作机会

这是最基本的部份。一般来说会将媒体广告的名称改用别的字体书写或用底线加以标记。在这个段落中也可加上你的目标。

强调自己就是最佳的人选

这是最精华的段落。要依据求才广告的内容，将自己的能力及特色恰如其份的包装起来。不过在工作经验不足的情况下，要避免将自己吹嘘的过分离谱。

在结尾部份注意应有的礼貌

最后的部份建议要以感谢对方在百忙之中阅读这份履历表，并且“诚挚的期望能得到面试的机会”、“希望有荣幸能为公司效力”这样的句子作为结尾，让主管留下好的印象。

At the time of the Spring Festival, mother from her company holding back a puppy, puppy eyes round, very cute, a dark under the eyes of his nose high, my mother said to me: "lets give the dog a bath!"

I took a red string and tied it up in the bathroom. Mother found a big basin, opened hot water and put the puppy in. At first, the dog always jumped out of the basin, and then it seemed to be very comfortable. Mom took the shower gel and rubbed it on the dog. She rubbed it with her hands. The puppy seemed itchy and kept running away, only to hear "whoo!" At last, I saw my mother changed a basin of water and poured it on the dog.

The mother carried the puppy to the ground, and carried the hair dryer to the dog to blow the wind, after the blow, the dog became clean, the whole body down dry, and a fragrance, feel comfortable! It walked up and down on the ground, I watched TV, a few minutes later, mom and dad ready, the food is my favorite Fried rice, I three two finished eating, and then poured some feed the dog, the dog eat very delicious!

This is the most interesting thing about the Spring Festival!

Winter came, and the snow was falling. The trees were so cold that they took off their green coats and put on a white coat. The earth also took off its colorful coat and put on a snow-white coat.

Suddenly, just listen to “ jichajizha ” the sound, I looked out of the window look, the original is the children in the snowman, snowball fights, play happy.

The roadside plum blossom opened, spit out the elegant fragrance, a gust of wind blowing, the petals of a plum blossom, then one fell, like the red butterfly flying down.

Well, the scenery is beautiful in winter!

1、Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

2、God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

3、Easier said than done.

说起来容易做起来难。

4、Where there is a will,there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

5、One false step will make a great difference.

失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6、Slow and steady wins the race.

稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7、A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

8、Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

9、All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10、Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.

无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11、More hasty,less speed.

欲速则不达。

12、Its never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

13、All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的未必都是金子。

14、A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行始于足下。

15、Look before you leap.

三思而后行。

16、Rome was not built in a day.

伟业非一日之功。

17、Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

18、well begun,half done.

好的开始等于成功的一半。

19、It is hard to please all.

众口难调。

20、Out of sight,out of mind.

眼不见，心不念。

21、Facts speak plainer than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

22、Call back white and white back.

颠倒黑白。

23、First things first.

凡事有轻重缓急。

24、Ill news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

25、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

26、live not to eat,but eat to live.

活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27、Action speaks louder than words.

行动胜过语言。

28、East or west,home is the best.

金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29、Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

君子在德不在衣。

30、Beauty will buy no beef

.漂亮不能当饭吃。

31、Like and like make good friends.

趣味相投。

32、The older,the wiser.

姜是老的辣。

33、Do as Romans do in Rome.

入乡随俗。

34、An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35、As the tree,so the fruit.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36、To live is to learn,to learnistobetterlive.

活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

[常见英文谚语励志篇

I have a small but comfortable and tidy bedroom.

There are a single bed, a desk, a chair and a beoksheff in my bedroom. The bookshelf is near the window. I put all the books I love best and some classical music CDs on it. On the west wall there hangs a violin. It is my favorite.

I usually play it to enjoy myself at my spare time.

Doctor’s Certificate

Oct. 18, 2000

This is to certify that the patient, Mr. Thomas, male, aged 41, was admitted into our hospital on Oct. 9, 2000, for suffering from acute appendicitis. After immediate operation and ten days of treatment, he has got complete recovery and will be discharged on Dec.19, 2000. It is suggested that he rest for one week at home before resuming his work.

Jack Hopkins

Surgeon?in?charge

Hello: My name is **,I like sports very much.I am good at swimming.I also like riging a bike.Because my home is far from school,I ride to school everyday.I admire my English teacher very much!

A different people have different ideas. I think the most important thing for me is having a good relationship with my family members and my friends. My family has always been very closeknit?and my friend sand I spend a lot of time together. Without that I would be much less happy than I am. I’m afraid I’m a poor talker. I’m not comfortable talking with the people whom I have just met for the first time. That is not very good for business?so I have been studying public speaking.I don’t like regular work. I am interested in different projects with new opport unities and new challenge?but I can do regular work if the company needs me to do so.

I always approach things very enthusiastically. When I beg in something?I don’t like to leave it halfdone. I can’t concentrate on something new until the first thing is finished.

dear teacher,

i am not feel verwell thidays,and cough seriously,so,i went to see a doctor yesterday, the doctor told me that i have had a badlcold, he let me stain bed daand night, taking pillthree timea day.ayou know, i can not go to scholl.cared bmfamilies,i am sure i will get well soon,i will trmbest to catch up with mclassmates. thanks!

yours,

jack

我有一只狗.它白黄相间.它看上去像一只小狐狸.它很可爱.我们都喜欢它.它的名字叫Hali.

它有两只小耳朵和两只又大又亮的眼睛.它的大鼻子是黑色的.它的鼻子很敏锐，耳朵也很敏锐.它的牙齿很尖利.它经常在中午睡觉.上午和下午它通常和我们出去.它早晨起得很早.

很多人都非常喜欢Hali，因为它是一只很有趣、很好的狗.

I have a dog. Its white and yellow. It looks like a small fox.Its

very lovely. We like it very much. Its name is Hali.

It has two small ears and two big bright eyes. Its big nose is black. Its nose is very sensitive and its ears are sensitive，too. Its teeth are very sharp.

It often sleeps at noon. In the morning and in the afternoon it usually goes out with us. It gets up very early in the morning.

Many people like Hali very much because its a very funny and nice dog.

Dear Sue,

I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China. It’s almost a month since you

left us. We all miss you and are very grateful for what you did for us.

We are busy as usual. We had an English speech contest the other day. I won

the first prize! This again reminds me of all your kind help. Do you still

remember the trees we planted together on the hill behind the school? Yesterday,

we went there and watered them. The tree you planted yourself is growing well,

and the whole class decided to name it Sue Wood. Will you come back to see Sue

Wood?

How is everything with you lately? We hope to know more about you and your

American students. Hope to keep in close touch.

All the best.

Yours，

Li Hua

What is April Fools Day and how did it begin? Well, that is a very good question. The origin of this holiday is rather uncertain. However, the common belief holds that during the reformation of the calendar the date for the New Year was moved from April 1st to January 1st. During that time in history there was no television and no radio so word spread slowly. There were also those who chose to simply ignore the change and those who merely forgot. These people were considered "fools" and invitations to non-existent parties and other practical jokes were played on them. "All Fools‘ Day" is practiced in many parts of the world with practical jokes and sending people on a fool‘s errand.

Another thought is that the origin began with the celebrations of the Spring Equinox. While some believe it has to do the a Roman festival known as Hilaria, the end of the Celtic new year.

In Scotland, April Fools Day lasts 48 hours, day two is know as Taily Day and pranks involving the posterior are played. The victim of the practical joke is referred to as "hunting the gowk"; the gowk is an extinct cuckoo bird.

In France, he is the "poisson d‘Avril" or "fish of April." The fish in April are newly hatched and easily caught. French children enjoy taping a picture of a fish on their friends back and yelling out "Poisson dAvril!" when it is found.

Da de los Santos Inocentes is held in Spain on December 28th. This is The Feast of the Holy Innocents. It‘s celebrated similarly to April Fools‘ Day with practical jokes.

In the United States, pranks are played on just about everybody. Pranks range from the standard "Your shoe is untied", to some very creative and elaborate ideas. The only "rule" is that no one should be harmed. The best jokes are when everybody including the victim laughs.

20 June 2006

Dear Mr. Seaton，

Thank you very much for taking me with you on that splendid outing to London. It was the first time that I had seen the Tower or any of the other famous sights. If Id gone alone, I couldnt have seen nearly as much, because I wouldnt have known my way about.

The weather was splendid on that day, which I thought was rare. I still remember some people told me that in Britain there was weather and no climate. During the same day, it might snow in the morning, rain at noon, shine in the afternoon and be windy before the night falls. So I think I was lucky.

I think the river trip was the best thing of all. London really came alive for me as we saw it from the Thames during that wonderful journey down to Greenwich. It was all tremendously exciting - a day that I shall never forget.

Thank you for giving me such a great birthday treat.

Yours sincerely,

Linda Chen

Christmas is annual festival in western world that is one of the most important festivals forthem. Previously, only westerners or Christians celebrate it. But in recent years,more and more Chinese people celebrate it, especially among young people. Thereare many activities in that day. I think there are the following reasons thatmake Christmas popular in China. First, it’s a western holiday and it’s new toChinese. Second, with the development of the world, the mutual influence betweenChina and the west makes it work. Last, the merchants make great contributionto its popularity.

Dear Sir,

I am highly disappointed in the proposed 2004-05 budget cuts to educa1ion.

Taking away basic aid status and slashing our school budgets is a recipe for

educational disaster in our school. The future lies with our children. They must

have access to high quality educa1ion.

My husband and I have worked hard to be able to live in a school district

that provides high quality education for our children. Cutting funding in

districts like ours will have a negative impact on property values.

The school that my daughter attends is hardly wha1 I would describe as a

"rich" school. Parents are asked to pay for books for all the classes, science

supplies and for their students to participate in the performing arts among

other items. If our school is to remain a world leader in technological

development, cutting our school funds is the worst possible choice to make.

Education funds should not be diverted away from education.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Williams