Who is responsible? Who is paying the price?

"As the two friends wondered through the snow on their way home, Piglet grinned to himself thinking how lucky he was to have a best friend like Pooh.

Pooh thought to himself:
If the pig sneezes,
he's fucken dead."

Why do some parents blame the teacher, school or childcare centre, when their kid gets a fever after school?

• "Why you teachers so irresponsible?"
• "You don't know about the H1N1 flu, meh?"
• "Why you allow child with fever come to school/centre?
  

Why do the same parents insist that their kid should still go to school/childcare centre when their same poor kid has a fever of 39 degrees?

When asked to bring their child home, we hear:

• "Hello, we have to work, you know?"
• "Just a slight temperature only, why you make my life so difficult?"
• "I paid the school fees, why my prince cannot come to school?'

I learned of the comments when chatting with some teachers today on the current testing for fever in schools.

It is only natural to take the easy way out but with the experience of SARS and the current H1N1 scare, I think it's worthwhile to pay a little price of inconvenience to take care of our children during this 'Orange Alert'. To be "penny wise and pound foolish" by outsourcing our kids to teachers and caregivers during this uncertain period can be deadly!

Part of growing up is our ability to account and be responsible for our action/inaction and not put blame on others when mishap (sickness, accident, personal or material loss) happens.

Like in the picture above, Pooh could have walked with Tigger instead of Piglet who should be resting at home (quarantined).

While we are at it, it's interesting to read :What's Missing From Every Media Story about H1N1 Influenza [link]

As with the current economic downturn, who should we blame? - Ourselves or Government?
Who is responsible? - USA or Globalisation or Government?
Who is paying the price? - Ourselves (retrenchment/pay cut) or Government?

Or should we blame bad luck? [link]

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