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Topic: Court upholds firing of
Paterson teacher who called
students ´future criminals´ |
Court upholds firing of
Paterson teacher who called
students ´future criminals´
NJ.com (New Jersey), by Dan Ivers
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Original Article
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Posted By:Scottyboy, 1/11/2013 12:44:04 PM
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| A state appeals court has upheld the firing of a former Paterson first-grade teacher who called her students "future criminals" on her personal Facebook page. Jennifer O´Brien, an Elmwood Park resident who began working for Paterson schools in 1998, claimed in her appeal that her comments were protected by the First Amendment, and that her right to express her opinion "was outweighed by the the district´s interest in the efficient operation of its schools."
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Comments:
Chalk up another one for the speech police.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
PageTurner, 1/11/2013 12:46:33 PM (No. 9110929)
Come 20 years, she´s likely to be proven right.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jt26, 1/11/2013 12:47:27 PM (No. 9110932)
Try 10.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/11/2013 12:49:25 PM (No. 9110938)
She was just speaking truth to power
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/11/2013 12:50:36 PM (No. 9110940)
Time will tell if the teacher´s forecast is correct. Obama forecast a 50% reduction in our debt by the end of his first term, and was not fired.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 1/11/2013 1:23:01 PM (No. 9111026)
If you are employed by any government related industry and dare to exercise your 1st amendment rights in an unfashionable way, you can bet that the truth will set you free.
Free and unemployed.
This woman was TENURED but no matter.
Tenure is designed to protect those with fashionable ideas only.
180* contrary to it´s intent.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
novakid, 1/11/2013 1:41:19 PM (No. 9111064)
Get used to it. She will not be the last.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mickturn, 1/11/2013 1:49:08 PM (No. 9111085)
Firing as in he lost his job, firing as in burned at the stake, or firing as in shot in the keester? All three I hope!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
viking diver, 1/11/2013 1:51:08 PM (No. 9111094)
and those against free speach trolls come out of the wood work... just like clock work
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Northcross, 1/11/2013 1:51:44 PM (No. 9111095)
A teacher can say all kinds of outrageous things, but don´t dare tell an uncomfortable truth, or you are history.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
august9, 1/11/2013 1:51:57 PM (No. 9111097)
But it´s perfectly alright for these "little darlings" to call her every name in the book!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/11/2013 2:36:20 PM (No. 9111203)
Low Information Teacher....
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/11/2013 4:32:22 PM (No. 9111410)
She was teaching where the kids were the ones packing the heat.
She may be able to find work as a school janitor... in Ohio.
Training included.
Pack your own heat.
Aim to please.
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