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- Civility as a Safety Issue - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Gail ElliottUnemployment and job security have created some disturbing behaviors in today’s workplaces. Supervisors Intimidating employees and verbally bullying them has become more prevalent as well as coworkers behaving subversively to protect their jobs from others viewed as a threat to their continued ...
Views: 1218 - Attachments, Stress and Mobbing - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Gail ElliottPeople targeted by a mobbing process have been thrown from what they believed was an orderly world into a state of chaos in which many former points of reference are no longer valid. This confusion may prompt them to question all points of reference, including the ones deep inside of them. ...
Views: 1998(1 vote) - Mobbing Can Mask Discrimination - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Gail ElliottRegardless of the progress made through legislation over the years, discrimination and bigotry still exist and utilize more subtle tactics to exclude perceived undesirables from groups and organizations of all kinds. Although mobbing is usually described as a status-blind form of harassment it ...
Views: 3190(12 votes) - Voted Out - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2008 from Gail ElliottI wish I knew what the teacher was thinking when she decided to have one of her students stand in front of the room and then asked each of his classmates to tell him what they did not like about him. I wonder what her intent was when she then had each student vote as to whether he should be in ...
Views: 1303 - Cyber Bullying Is Mobbing - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2008 from Gail ElliottJust as mobbing that has not been intercepted can spill into the community and follow an individual via rumors, it can travel even faster via cyberspace. In 2000, when I presented mobbing programs for a county here in Iowa, one of the county supervisors shared that this was happening at school ...
Views: 1933 - The Fine Crystal Goblet - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2008 from Gail ElliottTrust is like a fine crystal goblet. Once we have this goblet in our possession we are responsible for its care, regardless of how we received it, regardless of whether we thought we wanted it. Sometimes someone hands us this goblet as a gift. Trust bestowed in this manner is an act of faith, ...
Views: 1582(1 vote) - Oh No! - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Gail ElliottLast week there was another terrorist-type school shooting. In the aftermath, it didn't take long to figure out that someone who fell between the cracks perpetrated this tragedy. This happens to be a recurring theme regardless of the venue of such an incident. Years ago I taught an at-risk ...
Views: 1265 - It Can't Happen Here - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2004 from Gail ElliottThe suspect had no history of violence, officials said. "He was a timid boy, who was having difficulty integrating, but he never displayed any violent attitudes," a local education official said. The “suspect” was a fifteen year old boy who shot up a classroom at his school, killing three ...
Views: 1526 - School Mobbing and Emotional Abuse - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2004 from Gail ElliottMobbing is group bullying. It is ganging up on someone using the tactics of rumor, innuendo, discrediting, isolating, intimidating, and above all, making it look as if the targeted person is responsible. As is typical of many abusive situations, the perpetrators maintain that the victim ...
Views: 9950 - Wonderful - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2004 from Gail Elliott"Sing to me of the wonder in small achievements when happiness is a torn kite dangling in the branches of life." From the poem "Sing To Me" 1997 Gail Pursell Elliott One of my dearest friends uses the term 'wonderful' to describe everything from food to actions to people and always with ...
Views: 1514(1 vote) - Dangerous Minds and Hearts - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2004 from Gail ElliottWhen people are caught up in their own little worlds they not only miss a great deal they also inadvertently can do damage. What is wrong with our children these days? As Shakespeare wrote, “The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves.” Watch what the adults do and say and you will see ...
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