But when the woman similarly praised a class of older children, the teacher of that class asked that she refrain from such compliments. Older children had better social awareness, the teacher reasoned. Complimenting their clothing might warp their values, so that they became too concerned for superficial beauty. This might encourage them to blindly pursue money and lose touch with what is really important in life.
但下一回當她同樣讚美另一位稍大的孩子時，老師就出面要求她以後不要再做這樣的讚詞，原因是孩子大一點有分辨社會事物能力時，對衣物的讚美可能會影響他們的價值觀，讓孩子過於重視外在的美麗，追求金錢物慾，錯失了生命的真正意義。