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Work vs. Prison

Got this from my brother-in-law, Jon Tereszkiewicz (who probably sent it from work!) I have no idea who the author is but I’ll bet everyone can relate!

Prison	Work
You spend the majority of your time in a 10 x 10' cell.	You spend the majority of your time in an 8 x 8' cubicle.
You get three meals a day fully paid for.	You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
You get time off for good behavior.	You get more work for good behavior.
The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.	You must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
You can watch TV and play games.	You could get fired for watching TV and playing games.
You get your own toilet.	You have to share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat.
They allow your family and friends to visit.	You aren’t even supposed to speak to your family.
All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required.	You get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.	You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
You must deal with sadistic wardens.	They are called managers.

And let’s not even talk about medical and dental!

THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!!!! Now get back to work!

From Jane, on a more serious note, particularly for parents and those of us who work in schools:

Consider the fact I mentioned in Creating Emotionally Safe Schools (in the chapter on physical components of emotional safety) that funding for air conditioning is more likely to be available for prisons than for schools, despite the fact that AC can alleviate indoor air pollution in schools, protect equipment, and make the learning environment more comfortable for everyone, and that this comfort factor has implications for increasing learning and cooperative behavior, and reducing irritability, conflict and violence.*

*Saunders, Carol Silverman. Safe at School. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 1994.

Please note: This material was forwarded to me with no attribution to the actual author. If you know who created this list, please let me know so I can attribute it properly. Thanks.

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