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[dreamer_easy]

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

Comments

[ajponder.livejournal.com]

And once again Australia -- you LOSE in the trans-tasman stakes!!!!-- NZ is second in the world for bullying! That's 33% reporting 3 or more kinds of bullying.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4792718a11.html

anyway - it's kind of why I'm a little cynical when it comes to bullying programs. Oh, and NZ's maths and science... and... yeah, well.

I'll run off now and take how to behave on the internet lessons form Stadtler and Waldorf.
This fighting fair business, I mean really, I always say if you have Iocane powder, why not use it?

(BTW I loved the garfield icon and your comments, but now that it's too late, it's time to attack some prose and stop getting sidetracked.)

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

Everytime I hear about 'so and so study has proved this about bullying' I always mentally go 'well, duh. Nice to see someone is finally listening'.

I wonder how much the stats would rise if they start including bullying of teachers...