tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post8588922301695927215..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Dear NJ Teacher Voting For @GovChristie: ARE YOU INSANE?!?!Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-90569911127051008702013-08-17T14:22:22.974-07:002013-08-17T14:22:22.974-07:00If it wasn't for unions there never would have...If it wasn't for unions there never would have been a middle class.WC Menckenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491845035659459934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-72843084879306580722013-08-17T13:05:42.939-07:002013-08-17T13:05:42.939-07:00My union had my back when I needed them, so I'...My union had my back when I needed them, so I'll support them in return. You can't just sit online complaining. GO GET INVOLVED!!Teacher Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023044658046241555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-8640167949996498302013-08-17T10:16:46.516-07:002013-08-17T10:16:46.516-07:00We are paying almost $4 a gallon for gasoline and ...We are paying almost $4 a gallon for gasoline and no jobs and the antichris whipping boy is the NJEA.WC Menckenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491845035659459934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-25905053625588024512013-08-17T10:12:15.063-07:002013-08-17T10:12:15.063-07:00PS-I am by no means the last in. I'm untenure...PS-I am by no means the last in. I'm untenured with 13 years public school teaching experience (10 in NJ) and not one failed teacher evaluation. Makes me think LIFO isn't what's really steering this ship. So what could be even worse than mandating dues from half your membership to whom you have no obligation? (not including turning your back on the tenured teachers in Jersey City). I'm sure that was fluke right?Mrs. King's music studentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211235832988015448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-19258083159718832472013-08-17T09:45:14.173-07:002013-08-17T09:45:14.173-07:00I think the ex middle class is being exterminated ...I think the ex middle class is being exterminated because we're the only ones being held accountable for anything in every scenario. We pick up every gauntlet, respond to every challenge, and do administrator's work in addition to our own for 'leaders' that are accountable to no one. The one thing we won't do is agree that this union needs an overhaul to make it servicable. <br />As for all the other unions turning out just like NJEA, I guess we'll know that 10 years from now.Mrs. King's music studentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211235832988015448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-50350873080870472382013-08-17T08:04:02.359-07:002013-08-17T08:04:02.359-07:00This is how the antiChris feels about the people o...This is how the antiChris feels about the people of New Jersey He said the following “You got two choices as governor: You either sidle up next to ’em [and] whisper sweet nothings in their ear and try to hope they just don’t punch you. Or the second alternative is: You punch them first!”WC Menckenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491845035659459934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-33613308348960460112013-08-17T07:58:18.718-07:002013-08-17T07:58:18.718-07:00Dear ANYONE Thinking of Voting For @GovChristie: A...Dear ANYONE Thinking of Voting For @GovChristie: ARE YOU INSANE?WC Menckenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491845035659459934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-80323266708153016532013-08-16T11:27:24.971-07:002013-08-16T11:27:24.971-07:00ALL unions have LIFO, even the private sector ones...ALL unions have LIFO, even the private sector ones that support this thief and liar in Trenton. Do not fool yourself, those private sector unions are being hired left and right by the state and county governments on YOUR dime at astronomical rates, but no one talks about that. Why do you think they support that man? They have been bought. *golf clap* They are too close-minded to see that it is only a hop, skip, and a jump until their union job is gone as well. I just don't understand how the ex-middle class is okay with being exterminated in this way. Commuting Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866770153875715801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-91276586384577415822013-08-16T11:11:38.939-07:002013-08-16T11:11:38.939-07:00I'm sorry Jazzman but NJEA IS a bully-or bette...I'm sorry Jazzman but NJEA IS a bully-or better yet, a Mean Girl. As for applying for one of those positions or running for office - they too are reserved for members who 'keep their mouths shut no matter what' and close their eyes to the atrocities perpetrated on our own membership.<br /><br />But setting aside my up close and personal encounters and focusing on the big picture - untenured teachers are indentured servants in the eyes of the law, and held to a level of accountability typically reserved for elected officials or CEOs - not buck privates. I don't know where the mandatory dues went but I do know they weren't applied to changing the laws or the situation for incoming teachers. What kind of org throws its own young to the lions like this?<br /><br />I think this is the real reason Christie targeted the NJEA. He can't lose.Mrs. King's music studentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211235832988015448noreply@blogger.com