dreamer_easy: (SHE STANDS UP AGAIN)
dreamer_easy ([personal profile] dreamer_easy) wrote2008-12-20 08:58 pm

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I have, basically, been asleep all day. I knew I was a bit run down after a crazy week, but blimey. Have some links.

Bullying

Bullying in Australian primary schools is in the worst category in the world. Of year 4 students, more than a quarter had been bullied in at least three ways in the previous month - almost 50% above the international average.

A recent Australian Institute of Family Studies report, Working with families concerned with school-based bullying, opens with an overview of the problem.


The Gentle Art of Disputation

Character Attacks: How to Properly Apply the Ad Hominem

Beyond flaming: how to fight fair online

Internet Drama and You. teh lol (and useful, too)

The Incestuous Amplification Effect explains how groupthink works.

Stadtler and Waldorf elucidate the Intersplat

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