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Teacher’s sarcastic post on ‘equal misery’ parking charges goes viral
January 11, 2016
He wants other public servants to experience the same 'misery' teachers go through.
News of the Ministry of Education (MOE) considering charging teachers for parking in schools has caused quite a debate online.
People opposed to the idea are generally saying that teachers should deserve such a perk given the challenges they face at work.
Those who agree with MOE argue that other public servants have to pay parking charges, so teachers should not be an exception.
Teacher Kenny Low took aim at this principle of ‘equal misery’ and wrote a post meant to be ‘satirical’ that has seen gone viral with over 1,200 shares on Facebook.
Here’s what he said:
In case it doesn’t load, here’s the full text:
So there’s been recent discussion about whether teachers should have to pay for parking in schools, and I’ve personally found this review to be rather…. annoying. It’s basically applying this principle of “equal misery” across the board. As one of my previous bosses had mentioned, we tend to work on this principle of equal misery, rather than equal happiness. Just because other Ministries charge for parking, schools should charge teachers too. Why not the other way round? Teachers don’t pay for parking, so why not make parking free for public servants too?
On this principle of equal misery, I would therefore urge the Ministry/Public Service/whoever to also review the following:
-Teachers start work at 7.30am, some even earlier. I would propose that all public servants standardise work times to teachers’ work times too.
-We should probably relook the policy of allowing public servants to work from home too. Teachers have no choice but to work in schools. On that note too, no flexi-hours please. Let’s all start at 7.30am, and finish at 7pm, which is the time when teachers leave, because they have to be chased out of the schools.
-Because teachers start work early, and if they don’t drive, they could potentially utilise the off-peak travel pass – this is another form of hidden perk that we should look at. Might as well remove this off-peak travel pass altogether, so that noone enjoys this benefit.
-Leave benefits. Teachers have this hidden perk of being able to have SOME time off during the school holidays, because we have no leave. I personally find this quite unacceptable. Teachers should not be allowed to enjoy the privilege of paying high prices to have to travel during this peak periods. I propose that teachers be allowed to take leave during term time instead.
-Teachers also spend a large part of the work day teaching in hot, stuffy classrooms. We end up hot and sweaty. We should extend this perk to all ministry offices by removing the air-cons. Think of all the money that teachers save by not having to go to the gym!
-While we are at it, we should also recommend to our neighbouring countries and countries around the world to ensure that no teachers around the world enjoy this benefit of free parking in schools. From my own experience, no school I have visited in the world charges for parking so far. Shocking, but true.
And seriously though, if we were to charge teachers for parking, does it mean that the public can therefore park in schools too? Would this pose any security issues? If teachers are the only ones who park in schools, as opposed to other educational institutions which are open to public, and therefore have more “guests” visiting and parking, then what’s the use of charging? It’s not as if the empty lots would suddenly be filled up, to increase revenue. And I signed up for teaching because of free parking in schools. If the Ministry decides to charge for season parking, the only right thing to do would be to adjust our salary by that amount, since that’s the hidden perk I’ve been enjoying all along.
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