Don't say you can get it!

(Baonghean) - Therefore, after talking about something, we must discuss it again. Whatever we do or say must be reasonable, based on reality, and most importantly, honest and fair. Don't say it according to your own ideas. And most importantly, don't say it for the sake of it!

Illustration: Internet.

- Tet is coming soon, isn't it, Mr. Chat?

- Yes, people are about to start talking about Tet shopping and Tet gifts, right Nhieu?

- It's not going to be soon, people have said it and still…

- Still… like every year, it's the story of Tet bonuses and gifts for teachers?

- That’s right! Stories like “Tet gifts for teachers in mountainous areas are a round of applause” or “Tet gifts for teachers are not worth a kilo of oranges” have started to appear… and things like that. Hearing that makes me feel sorry for the teachers!

- Actually, it's not like that!

- What do you mean?

- Firstly, I asked some teachers about these kinds of things and they said that people keep talking about it, but honestly they don’t want to talk about it. For them, joy and happiness are in having many good and well-behaved students, not in how many Tet gifts they receive. And they have never been sad, never complained about it.

- So why do the press, especially online newspapers, always publish such stories near Tet? Are they making things up?

- Maybe it's a lie, maybe it's not. The reality is that teachers' Tet gifts are a bit frugal. But that's only half the truth.

- What is the other half?

- As I said above, no teacher is sad about that, so someone might blurt out about Tet gifts as if it were a funny story. The writer has the intention to attract readers, so he exaggerates it, making the society look at teachers with pity. Many teachers feel offended by articles that tell their plight to arouse others' pity. And that's not all!

- What else is going on here, Mr. Chat?

- While telling stories about teachers' Tet gifts as if to denounce suffering, people bring up stories about places where Tet gifts are generous, as if to dig deeper and expand the gap between rich and poor, and inequality in society to incite.

- Are you exaggerating, Mr. Chat?

- Nothing is too much. On Tet, not only teachers have little Tet gifts, but farmers who work hard all year round have no gifts or presents. Then there are workers in industrial zones who work overtime all year round, but their Tet gifts are only packages of watermelon seeds and bottles of fish sauce. Then there are street vendors and street vendors who don't have Tet gifts, so why doesn't anyone talk about them? So, after talking about it, we have to discuss it again. Whatever we do or say must be reasonable, based on reality, and most importantly, honest and fair. Don't say what you want. And most of all, don't say it for the sake of it!

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