This is a shocking and angry incident, a 45-year-old high school graduating teacher, on the way to lead students on a tour, suddenly died, but could not get a work-related injury determination, the rights and interests of family members and students were seriously violated, but the school shirked responsibility, claiming that the teacher spontaneously organized the trip out of his own pocket and had nothing to do with the school. What the hell is going on?Is such an outcome fair?Will this happen again?Let's uncover the truth of this incident, the reasons and consequences behind it, seek justice for teachers and their families, and call for justice for the society!
Background and issues of the incident
In October 2023, a 45-year-old graduating Chinese teacher at a high school in Hunan Province led her class on a trip to Zhangjiajie, preparing to spend a pleasant National Day holiday there. This is the common wish of teachers and students, and it is also an opportunity for them to relax and relax in order to cope with the pressure of the college entrance examination. However, on the night of October 2, while they were staying in a hotel, the teacher suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and then fell to the ground, where he died after resuscitation. After being diagnosed by the hospital, the teacher died of acute myocardial infarction.
This is sad news, and it is difficult for the teacher's family and students to accept the fact that the teacher died due to overwork during the course of work, and should be entitled to the benefits of work-related injury insurance, and should be compensated and comforted accordingly. However, when they applied to the school for a work-related injury determination, they were denied. The school's reasoning was that the tour was organized by the teacher on his own initiative, without the approval of the school and without any agreement, the school did not assume any responsibility, and the teacher's death had nothing to do with work and did not fall under the category of work-related injuries. The school also stated that the teacher paid out of his own pocket, did not charge any fees to the students, and did not give any subsidies to the students, and that it was a purely private tour and had nothing to do with the school.
This response angered the teachers' families and students, who believed that the school was deliberately denying and fabricating lies in order to evade responsibility. They said that the tour was organized by the school, and the teachers went as class teachers and Chinese teachers, and they had to complete the homework assigned by the school during the tour, and also participated in the online teaching arranged by the school, how can this be said to be a private tour?They also said that the teacher paid out of his own pocket because the school did not give them any travel funds, not even transportation and accommodation expenses, and the teacher took them with his own money in order not to disappoint the students, which is a kind of selfless dedication, how can it be said that it is a spontaneous tourism?
This dispute lasted for a long time, and neither side gave in, and the teacher's family and students decided to report it to the higher authorities and **, hoping that it could be dealt with fairly. However, their demands were not met, and the process of determining work-related injuries was very complex and lengthy, requiring a lot of evidence and proof, and they did not have any strong evidence in their hands, only some ** and chat records. None of this is enough to prove that the teacher died while on the job. And the ** report did not attract enough attention, many people were not interested in this incident, and some even questioned the teacher's character and motives, saying that he took them on a trip to have an affair with the students, that he was making excuses to play in order to avoid work, and that he made up stories to win sympathy.
As a result, the families of teachers and students feel helpless and hopeless, they feel that their rights and interests have been seriously violated, they feel that the morality and law of society have lost their justice and fairness, they feel that the world has no warmth and conscience, they feel that this incident will be forgotten and buried, and they feel that their teachers are going to die in vain, without any respect and recognition.
The complexity, gravity and sense of impasse of the problem
This incident seems simple, but in fact it is complex, it involves education, law, society, morality and other aspects of the problem, it reflects some deep-seated contradictions and problems in our current society, it triggers our thinking and questioning of work, life, rights, responsibilities, values and other levels. It touches our feelings and judgments on human nature, conscience, justice, good and evil, and it exposes our powerlessness and helplessness in the face of such events, and it makes us feel the complexity, seriousness and sense of deadlock of such events.
It is an outrageous event, it is a sad event. It is an impasse that requires us to break and deal with it with innovative ideas and measures.