NJ teachers act like retarded children on Facebook

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HADDONFIELD — They're the kind of obscenity-laced schoolyard taunts that could get a student suspended.

But the target of this tirade is New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie — and the perpetrators are the state's teachers, irate over his calls for salary freezes and funding cuts for schools.

In Facebook messages visible to the world — not to mention their students — the teachers have called Christie fat, compared him to a genocidal dictator and wished he was dead. The postings are often riddled with bad grammar and misspellings.

"Never trust a fat f...," read one profane post on the Facebook page, "New Jersey Teachers United Against Governor Chris Christie's Pay Freeze," which has some 69,000 fans, many of them teachers.

"How do you spell A-- hole? C-H-R-I-S C-H-R-I-S-T-I-E," read another.

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The acrimony intensified last month when Christie proposed cutting state and federal aid to districts by 11 percent, calling it a way to share sacrifice as the state tries to rein in spending.

That's when the Facebook attacks really took off.

One educator, a librarian with a Master's degree, described the cuts as "rediculous."

Another pointed out that Christie's late mother was a member of the teachers union: "It's not right to bite the hand that feeds you. Oh I forgot it's Chirs Christie, He's so large I bet he'd bite anything that's put in front of his face!"

"Remember Pol Pot, dictator of Cambodia?" warned another. "He reigned in terror, his target was teachers and intellectuals. They were either killed or put into forced labor... King Kris Kristy is headed in this direction."

Christie's supporters have responded with a Facebook page of their own. "Teachers need to sit down and shut up. They live in a dream world where they work 180 days a year," it asserted. "Way overpaid to start with, they could never make it working in the real world."

Even in these tough economic times, teachers in most New Jersey districts have continued to get annual negotiated raises — often around 4 percent — and don't have to help pay for their health insurance.

So Christie has offered more money to districts that can get teachers unions to revise their contracts and freeze salaries for the upcoming school year — and agree to start paying 1.5 percent of their salaries toward their health insurance.

So far, teachers in only 20 of the state's 590 school districts have agreed to any concessions.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/nj_teachers_attack_gov_chris_c.html

[Ali G. 37]

Serious question, what the hell is wrong with people in Jersey? Have chemicals leaked into the water supply?

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Serious question, what the hell is wrong with people in Jersey? Have chemicals leaked into the water supply?

Our water supply isn't actually water.

[CDAgirlMI 51]

So many people don't realize how damaging Facebook can be.

[Ali G. 37]

Our water supply isn't actually water.

I am being serious. While I understand it does not apply to everyone, why are there so many f-cktwits from that state in particular? Furthermore, actually think they are "cool" and "the ######".

[lostinblue 1,989]

Tenure is great for the unions.

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I am being serious.

I realize you think you are but seriously, you're not.

So many people don't realize how damaging Facebook can be.

If teachers want to use Facebook as a platform to wage their war against the Governor, that's fine. But they should act like teachers, IMO.

[Calypso 464]

I am being serious. While I understand it does not apply to everyone, why are there so many f-cktwits from that state in particular? Furthermore, actually think they are "cool" and "the ######".

My sister-in-law and her family are living in Secaucus. I'm sure her two-year-old daughter is way smarter than you are. You always make overgeneralizations.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Gotta love tenure! You can poop on the Principal's desk, and they still gotta keep ya! (In a store room, all by yourself, but they still gotta pay ya, as long as you keep showing up.)

[Calypso 464]

In my first year as a high school teacher, FB wasn't popular yet. Filipinos were at Friendster. My students would add me to their list of friends. I forgot to delete a photo showing me bare from waist up. They were talking about that photo the next day. I removed it. I was glad the principal or administrators didn't hear about that.

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Gotta love tenure! You can poop on the Principal's desk, and they still gotta keep ya! (In a store room, all by yourself, but they still gotta pay ya, as long as you keep showing up.)

Tenure is a problem, but the Guv isn't even going there. He's asking for temporary (1 year) wage freezes and 1.5% contributions to their own health care. None of that is terribly out of line but school district after school district (with a few exceptions) are opting to lay off teachers instead of do that!

[Ali G. 37]

I realize you think you are but seriously, you're not.

I know you have a knack for posting articles alone, however it's really not the hard to create a post based on your opinion. Perhaps, one day you may even be able to follow through with posts that have more than a sentence or two. Then again, I do understand, as the English language is becoming a minority - a rarity- of its own in Joisey.

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I know you have a knack for posting articles alone, however it's really not the hard to create a post based on your opinion. Perhaps, one day you may even be able to follow through with posts that have more than a sentence or two. Then again, I do understand, as the English language is becoming a minority - a rarity- of its own in Joisey.

Yeah I no speaky da ingrish.

[Ali G. 37]

Yeah I no speaky da ingrish.

Maybe you could translate all of the articles you post for us then.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Maybe you could translate all of the articles you post for us then.

Pay attention. I said I no speaky da engrish. How the fuсk am I supposed ta translate?