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Driving around Brisée Verdière, near Mare d’Australia, a few weeks ago, there were workers building pavement on both side of the road. Wait. there already are pavement! in decent condition! The workers were building another pavement on top of the old one… Waste of money!

Means my tax money’s going there! Instead of being well-spent on necessary things, like proper protection from flood in that same village! To top it, road that’s already in good condition at Brisée Verdière has been rendered again! In Belvedere there’s even 2 levels of tar on each lane…

Doesn’t anyone notice that apart from me and my friends?

People in Mauritius have recently grown jealous of the dream job of many, school teacher, or educator as they are called now (for college), long paying holidays, short working hours… Little do they know the hard work that many of them put in doing their duty. It is like labour work, except that nobody says they ‘only’ work from 5 to 11 am or so. That’s because their work is physically demanding. Education on the other hand, is mentally demanding, and as exhausting as your private 9 to 6 pm job…

However, there are some teachers who abuse of their positions, to enjoy themselves, make money on tuitions - thus making a bad name for themselves. There are a few examples of those, like Mr B*** who threatens his students to take tuition with him, or else he will give them bad marks. Read more »