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Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
TROLL One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument. Trolling refers to any Internet user behavior that is meant to intentionally anger or frustrate someone else in order to provoke a response. A troll is a catch all term for trouble maker. There are many ways to make trouble. Trolls are internet users who start fights and make personal attacks on users. They are known internet trouble makers. Trolls are often referred to as cyber bullies. (sources below) _____ Free speech means the right to speak. This right does not mention trolling -- the internet hadn't been invented in the 18th century, and so the added effects of such powerful anonymity did not occur to the founders. If you do not actually respond reasonably to reasonable points made to you, that is, if you are not engaging in discussion but are only focused on inflaming emotions by ignoring the actual discussion and engaging in harassing behavior, you are trolling. I also see that you are trolling at the Sun newspaper under the name hector. Even though I am responding to you now, I will ignore your attempts to bait us. I invite others to do the same, though of course this is a personal choice. You do not have to agree with anyone, but the level of discourse you use is base and an attempt to harass and demean. I may change my mind if you decide there may be a better use of your time than harassing those whom you misrepresent time and again. I invite you to join this and future discussions rather than troll them. Sources: Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, Network Etiquette.— March 5, 2013 7:34 a.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
I was able to locate a copy of "Realigning: A Grounded Theory of Academic Workplace." I am here to say that I was fooled by the abstract making it sound as if new methods of torture or something like it are being proposed. It's actually a study of various ways in which workplace bullying affects an institution; the ways in which it occurs; the ways in which it is handled; and, if my guess is right since I haven't finished it yet, ways in which to best utilize the findings. The abstract makes it sound exactly as Machiavellian as listed above. An advisor could have suggested she add something about it being a study on workplace bullying and how it works in academic institutions -- anything but the message it currently sends. I'll submit a better review when I finish reading it.— March 5, 2013 7:11 a.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
Agreed, the board must assert itself if it wants to get all the information. The community at large can help this effort by letting the board know that we expect as much. I'm still creeped out by reading Nish's dissertation abstract. I've read a bit about the popular business model of the past decade and a half -- business as battlefield -- and had assumed this was the model she followed, but I had no idea such inhumanity was afoot in this day and age. War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength Next, we will be instructed to use Goodthink and Doublethink to show we are proper productive work units.— March 4, 2013 1:41 p.m.
Southwestern faculty questions college’s education plan
Correction What: Special SWC Governing Board Meeting When: Monday March 4 at 6 pm Where: room 214 on the main campus— March 4, 2013 1:25 p.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
If you read Bill Stewart's letter of resignation, you can see what sort of qualifications he has and what sort of person he is. (First off, he's not a professional politician.) It's easy to view someone as a quitter rather than face the difficult challenges touched on in his letter, which is a blueprint for inquiry. SWC's history of problematic administration is not short-lived. There's a history of troubles. The language being used in the S/P's dissertation viewing employees as needing realignment is more than scary -- it's disturbingly reminiscent of 1984's Thought Police. While I don't believe we have a Chopra & friends on our hands, the community is right to be aware and participatory. That is, the job of the S/P is to run the school; the job of the GB is to watch over the school including the S/P; the job of the people is to watch over them all. None of us can do our jobs without all the information. What: Special SWC Governing Board Meeting When: this evening, Monday March 4 at 6 pm Where: room 214 on the SWC main campus . . . p.s. you all are right, I meant trolls --— March 4, 2013 6:01 a.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
Get back to the point, People, and ignore the tea partiers! What: Special SWC Governing Board Meeting When: tomorrow, Monday March 4 at 6 pm Where: L238 in the Library Complex— March 3, 2013 2:33 p.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
sjtorres <-- IGNORE permanently -- travels around the net on tour with tea party ideas— March 3, 2013 2:32 p.m.
Southwestern faculty questions college’s education plan
Kudos to the all amazing insight on this comment board!!! What: Special SWC Governing Board Meeting When: tomorrow, Monday March 4 at 6 pm Where: L238 in the Library Complex— March 3, 2013 2:21 p.m.
Southwestern College trustee resigns in protest
Another one bites the dust... Thanks, Bill, for your sacrifice -- we don't take it lightly. There must be a better way to run a college than slash and burn. I wonder if, given the trend at the school to use trickery and deception, it wouldn't be better to just give in and admit you don't know what the hell you're doing. I'd respect some admission from the Administration that you've run the school into the ground and you need help that isn't in the form of bullying. But no, instead we get deceit, threats and more threats -- so many that you've run off an excellent upstanding citizen who can't imagine lying to the public. Is this a good role model for our students?— March 2, 2013 3:37 p.m.
Southwestern faculty questions college’s education plan
We Need Your Support... Please Attend the Special Southwestern College Governing Board Meeting to ask questions about this issue and others... DATE: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 TIME: 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Southwestern College, 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista 91910 Learning Resource Center, Room L238 North & South (L238 is In the Library complex)— February 26, 2013 4:30 p.m.