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Archive for June, 2011
Rosalind Wiseman, The WWE & the NEA
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I just love a good debate…especially when I get to listen in on a conversation that is so well-stated by Rosalind Wiseman. Check out her most recent article, The Smackdown on Common Sense: How the Anti-Bullying Movement is Hurting Itself, a rebuttal of sorts and follow up to her article about the dubious partnership between the NEA, the Creative Coalition, and the WWE.
Passive Aggressive E-Mail at Work
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Hilarious YouTube clip on passive aggressive e-mail exchanges between co-workers. I use this in all of my Angry Smile workshops. It’s funny because IT’S SO TRUE!
The New Partnership Between the WWE and the NEA: I See How It's Good for the Companies, but How Do the Kids Benefit?
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This is an interesting & compelling article by Rosalind Wiseman on the partnership between the WWE and the National Education Association. She talks about the irony of the anti-bullying message that the WWE purports to deliver and the political & business agenda that motivates their efforts to become more “family-friendly.”
It is clear how the WWE benefits from a partnership with the NEA. And I even “get” how the NEA thought this partnership might be a good idea. But I can’t for the life of me figure out how kids are supposed to benefit. Isn’t that the group that both say they are aiming to reach? Seems like a whole lot of exploitation to me…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosalind-wiseman/devils-advocacy-the-nea-a_b_876366.html
"Today I Said I'm Not Doing Anything…"
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Stay at Home Moms
by Jennifer Johnson on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 1:09am
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a Cartoon channel, and the (more…)