Bulling, groupthink, and workplace mobbing in higher education

Everyone is aware of peer on peer bullying and the Education system is emphatic about about not allowing the situation to arise and if it does how to protect the student who is being bullied. What about when teachers bully students. This receives virtually no attention. With the publicity surrounding peer to peer bullying, why is the idea of teacher to student bullying largely ignored in the education system today unless it involves sexual conduct? Is other types of bullying implausible? Is... Read Full Story

Have any of you heard or seen a preview of the new video game out by Rockstar called Bully? If you haven't, I will gladly introduce you to it. Bully is a new game on the market encouraging children to play a 'bully' in school in order to win a game. Here are some links describing it more in-depth. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7281206.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/20/nyouth320.xml This game comes from the same controversial company that made Grand... Read Full Story

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