>As a teacher in the district, I find it terribly disheartening to be generically characterized as more or less worthless by the original blogger on this thread. Are we “curing cancer”? No. Did we have more of an impact on shaping people to cure cancer than “PJ Blogger” has? My guess is yes. It speaks volumes about the directions our values have taken to make teachers the first and biggest target of attack by constituents of Chris Christie– if only this same vitriol was directed at the many residents of this and other towns who were responsible for the near collapse of the entire economic system…but heaven forbid we raise your property taxes or hold anyone “above the fray” (read: making over $400,00 a year) responsible for this so-called “shared sacrifice”.
This kind of “keep your hand out of my pocket”, “dog eat dog” mentality is nothing short of shameful. I teach your children, fans of “PJ Blogger”. And when I go to sleep at night, I know that I’ve taught them to value respect, reason, and the insight to seek out the truth over the politricks. At least that makes one of us.
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“Nicole’, thanks for chiming in. Its apparent that you are a clueless union member. Do you think some minion who is a local resident who might work for a financial firm is ‘ responsible for the near collapse of the entire economic system…”(your words) That moronic statement shows your lack of aptitude, and it is SCARY that you are a teacher. Any chance that YOUR pension fund might be invested in stocks, bonds, and some of those AIG financial swap contracts that helped the house of cards collapse? Oh I forgot, you’re a teacher. Just like Colonel Klink said ‘I hear nothing, I see nothing’. Do you think your retirement money is under Corzines bed??? Seriously next time you post, try ‘engaging brain before putting mouth in gear’. And your statement ‘but heaven forbid we raise your property taxes’ makes me take it further. How about we reduce your pay and cut benefits? Do us a favor.. go on strike. There are PLENTY of qualified candidates without a piss poor attitude that will cheerfully take your place.
