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How to Communicate with Tact & Professionalism --

I've been in a training seminar two days this weeks with the below goal in mind.

"Become a polished, persuasive communicator and express your thoughts and ideas with clarity and diplomacy"

The diplomacy part likely occurred during my single restroom break,three minutes long, on the second day.

While I'll address the material covered by the class in a future post I have concerns with the intrusiveness of marketing within the curriculum.

Anyone that's read Professor Cialdini's book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials),or Rushkoff's Coercion may have been amused, as I was, that a seminar designed to teach you more effective methods of persuasive communication seemed to be using similar techniques to sell future conferences, audiobooks and training subscriptions.

I have no problem with selling during the breaks, displays within the room ,fliers in the course material. What I'd like is for them to restrict this solely to those areas.  In what  could be considered a mildly coercive environment the ethics of  this practice are questionable. Cheaper dictionaries refer to coercion only in terms of physical force and I can see my usage of this term being confusing in that light.I'm referring to an environment that is engineered to trigger as many of the six principles of influence within the first few hours.

• Social proof.(people come forward to buy in breaks)
  
• Scarcity.  (have to order by end of seminar)
  
• Authority (The obvious one
  
• liking. (Dr was likable, really good at what he does)
  
• Commitment and consistency ( writing in the prices, and additions to the advert in the same format the rest of the class takes)
  
• Reciprocation(Starts out with hey, schedule runs to 1630 but can get you out by 1600, next day 1530) To many that's doing them a favor)

I can live with all the above, I may even be misinterpreting the above weapons of persuasion. Twenty minutes were taken up with Evelyn Wood's speed reading course,and many other products,in the time preceding lunch on day one which to me seemed rather inconsistent with the stated goals. 

Looks like I'm not the only one with this concern.

http://www.viewpoints.com/Fred-Pryor-Seminars-reviews




  I seriously recommend both books to anyone that engages in commerce , eg every adult, in the USA.

 

That these items are considered dangerous is a sad indictment of the USA. I grew up on a farm.with guns, chainsaws, poison, tractors and animals that can take out a five year old, That's before you consider  Scottish winters and food. :)  Anyway it's entertaining and hopefully it inspires a family to build a potato gun this weekend:)

They don't know art, but they know what they don't like. Welcome to magical thinking  state education style.  Voodoo safety for the brain dead enacted by adults, ok  people that have the same height and weight as adults, that are a product of the same system.  Can we please put the thought crime away?   

The eighth-grader at Florence's Walker Butte K-8 school was suspended for three days on Friday for drawing images of a gun.

Our tax money of course provides an apologist for such actions

Cline said the cartoon content warranted suspension "because it is the intent of the district to provide a safe environment in which to learn."

Intent maybe  but execution?  oops I bet using that word will have LEO at my door for making threats since they clearly have NO ability to distinguish the map from the territory.

Florence student suspended for sketching guns

Chandler boy suspended for sketching gun | EastValleyTribune.com

Soon the ability to spell gun will be double plus bad and lead to your removal from the flock.  An inanimate object rendered in 2d is now considered reason to remove a child with no apparent discipline issues ( even by these totalitarian jack offs standards)  is enough to remove you from school for five days. Five days of  missing such insightful comments and analysis such as this  seems more like a reward than punishment.

Chandler district spokesman Terry Locke said the school is not allowed to discuss students' discipline records. However, he said the sketch was "œabsolutely considered a threat," and threatening words or pictures are punished.

I absolutely consider this spokesman's words a threat  to common sense and my blood pressure. I wish the punishment is for the school district to be  sued , lose the money to pay for such  apologists> Which won't happen pr slime will always be around to say the loss was a victory.Since when did the head staff of school's need a mediator to make clear and concise explanations of their  actions public?  Damn I hope no one  tries to render Caesar's  downfall in art class or it's off the Sherrif Joe's for re education...

It speaks for itself that they don't speak for themselves, not even one on one , or with those concerned...lovely ,today's lesson?  arrogance.

Paula Mosteller said she has been unable to reach the school's principal, Karen Martin, or the vice principal, Dave Constance, since Monday to talk about the suspension. Martin and Constance did not return several phone calls to the school for comment.

Having seen to much BS re how the DOE handles people with student loan issues, allows them to be sold , and resold and  so on  , often adding about  $1500 in transfer fees  I  find it hard to believe that private companies are any worse than the state sanctioned  "abuse" that goes on.  Guess who the state uses to chase up the delinquencies on their safe happy loans? 

Of course it makes for better citizens if you have so much debt that escape from mainstream  cube or office decay looks impossible , you may need the state to save you from ..well you're the state;) yourself.   You don't need a degree and $50k in debt to work that one out.

NY official: Private college loans marked by abuses - CNN.com

Rampant abuses by lenders have followed a boom in higher-priced college loans not guaranteed by the government, and lax federal oversight has made the situation worse, New York's attorney general said Wednesday.

In the why  our kid won't go state schools department is yet another case of idiots ruining it for everyone. You can decide which side the idiots are on. Seemingly the person walking across a stage is responsible for the  conduct of the audience and can be penalized for it. Er why not penalize those disrupting it?.  I'm not sure if not getting the paper is  worth a fuss or if they are literally holding years worth of achievement to ransom. In the former big whoop  print your own at home. If the latter then it's probably more disruptive than any over excited family  cheering for their kids.

 The state education board doesn't support the tin pot dictators of district 205 either,  people  surprised  " a total mystery" said one that family would do that to their kids.  Not one of the  educated  people  seems to think it possible that a great way to sink a  rival would be a few hoots at their graduation.. nice  blaming the victim is the hallmark of any good socialist accountability scheme:D  The next step is accepting guilt and doing their bidding and thanking them for being so generous.

Cheering ban costs five students their H.S. diplomas - CNN.com

School officials said they will hear students and parents out if they appeal. Meanwhile, the school said the five students can still get their diplomas by completing eight hours of public service work, answering phones, sorting books or doing other chores for the district, situated about 150 miles southwest of Chicago.

 

One has to wonder at the sickness afflicting these people to inflict terror on children that would  result in arrest and, likely  jail time, should one of their pupils have produced a fictional account.   Shame the parents  couldn't call up the people involved, tell them a loved one was murdered and...  l 

How funny would that be?  On the bright side  I hope some parents reevaluate the suitability of the state  for their children's  wellbeing. 

BBC NEWS | Americas | US teachers stage mock gun attack

Teachers at a US school have been criticised after staging a fake gun attack during a class trip, telling children it was not a drill.

School's out .. of it's mind

It seems that paying money to Millersville University of Pennsylvania   and passing your courses isn't what counts, but may character does?  Seemingly public photos of cups of mass destruction and pirate hats is enough cause for these pinheads  to deny a student teacher her final degree because it doesn't fall within the realms of professional as according to   the ( and oh what little )Powers that be  over at MUP 

Sadly she's only suing for 75k, should be more  ,way more. 

 Ok now how do I make this post about ME , ah there we are.  Here's why I don't hide my non belief,  anger at companies,  political hacks and the like  because it's not worth it.  Am I at risk of reducing my hiring opportunities ( not that I am planning a move I like my blog/ podcast creation team thanks you very much)  in the future .. possibly but it's ok  Sadly  I am all in the favour of assholes to hold asshole opinions and had the ASSHOLES at MUP  stated that publically wearing a party hat while holding a drink would result in the non award of your teaching cert then my objection would have been far less other than to  comment on it.  

If colleges start to hunt myspace/ facebook for pics of people they want to exclude this could all get so very interesting since I have yet to reconcile this bit of logic 

You are under 21

the country they are in lets you drink at 18

yet some people would hold you to  the law here  it's like.. we don't even own ourselves which may be a good place to start teaching how this apalling situation came to pass:)

Kindergarten Girl Handcuffed, Arrested At Fla. School - News

The kindergartner was booked in the Highland County jail and was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors.

Six year olds can be charged with felonies , interesting. It used to be that pigs went oink.. now it's "you have the right" oh fuck that rights there has to be some questioning of a teacher that needs to have a man with a gun physically restrain a 6 year old way after the incident that allegedly occurred. e.g this wasn't a berserker at risk to others or themselves this was adults , adults that we pay to run a school for behaviorally challenged kids , ( more detaill over here, acting in a manner that would seem to preclude their being around kids deciding that they wanted to show her whose the boss. If you can't best a child and you're career is helping, HA HA, kids you ought to consider a job, sadly the ideal job seems to require a time machine and a uniform change. So initially why is the obedience to authority such a key point in the spate of kid arrests , handcuffing and tasing of pre teens? E.g most of these stem from you won't do what we say therefore we will compel you , physically to obey, resist and we'll throw in jail. What a great lesson. SIX SIX SIX What's next we start Kidmo and start potty crime trials?

Classically Liberal: Vagina gets girls suspended from school.

Another look at why public school is an education in itself:)

Now of you want an indication of exactly how moronic this alleged educator is consider this. Principal Moron says the girls were not suspended for saying the word "œvagina". Oh, no, not at all. They were suspended for not obeying his order to not say the word vagina. To quote the head moron himself: "œthe girls were punished not because of what they said but because they disobeyed orders not to say it." That is not censorship, he says, but insubordination. And this man is in charge of people teaching children! This man shouldn't even be a janitor at a school.

Note I didn't call him names  I am merely quoting an article  about a pompous asshole:)

Usually not a question you'll hear. Ok I'm totally out of my league here. I never went to a US school , met a lot of you that have though:) Outside of professional settings the level of outright proud ignorance astounds me, I'm not claiming to be less ignorant, just not as proud. The 'Value' of Public Schooling by Jacob G. Hornberger

That is the real value of military boot camp "“ it very quickly eliminates all notions of individuality within the human being and makes him feel that conformity and obedience are the only acceptable states of mind. In principle, the public-schooling system is no different, although government officials have a much longer period of time "“ 12 years "“ in which to accomplish the same task "“ produce mindsets of conformity and obedience.

I'm rather in favour of Dobhie avoiding many of the lessons they want to teach, eat,drink and piss to a clock , sounds lovely. Yet the tiniest nagging doubt re producing a child ill suited to a sheep pen is worrying me. Not a lot but still it's a one shot deal.

Interesting article based on the lie that  the state is the best way to educate your children, and get free day care to boot.   The state has been educating the US population for a long time and the results  , to most people that are honest, are not impressive.  So the solution is obviously more schooling, more money and more people to adminster those funds.   

These are your voters,   people that can write taught by those who can't think.

District denies PBG student was choked

Chamberlin said he was trying to get Herndon to leave the locker area and, when he placed a right hand on her arm to escort her out, she hit him in the chest, according to the report. Here's some video showing the evil outfit. The high school senior explained the incident differently to police, stating that Chamberlin pulled her by the shirt and asked her to leave, but when she refused, Chamberlin grabbed her by the arms, the report states.

More he said, she said but one has to ask what possible reason there is for physically escorting ( allegedly by lifting her)  a student  from a locker room for not being in compliance with a dress code?  It looks like ,as with most prohibitions in this society, that the negative effects of the alleged misbehaviors are far less damaging than the insensitive and often bone-headed enforcement of them.  School claims she battered him ..  Well I hope  evidence is on her side since  this is yet another  item that's ridiculous.  Even if she were the need for immediate physical action seems highly unnecessary.  Overcharging by the guilty party is something the state rocks at so the felony charge being referred  is usually a  "don't fuck with us, leave or we'll really ruin your life" move.

Girl charged after wetting pants in confrontation DANVILLE, Pa. - A 12-year-old special education student was charged with disorderly conduct after authorities said she deliberately wet her pants at school.

Duckworth did not return calls for comment. School Superintendent Steve Keifer said only that police are generally called in only after "all other alternatives are exhausted." Police told the girl's parents they could probably avoid a fine if they agree to have the girl do community service.

Note that they have to agree on the grounds that she's guilty because they say so. They've got to prove more continence, er intent, than I think they can away with.  Ok now to the rant.  Another asshole action by people defending the calling of the cops.  This is a school that can't handle a child saying  no, they call men with guns and handcuffs who for some reason didn't go into the teaching or social work profession and I contend there's a really good reason for that .:)   Then again  secure places to warehouse children seems to get more results than the educational job the district is doing.

The War On Toddlerism Post from Info wars that highlights many of the incidents I've blogged in the last year. Zero tolerance = Zero thought and give the  lackeys that joyfully enforce the rules have a problem in that area it's best that they just get everything in black and white.  It's not  the nutballs with the mad religion that's doing this to us, er, I mean it's not THOSE ones it's "OUR" ones.  Nearly everyone of these stories as  two or three quotes  from the epsilon parking lot claiming that it's good that the kid was  suspended, handcuffed  or tased    in many cases  for acting like a kid.   The US population is incredibly dismissive of innocence as a defense and it starts earlier and earlier.

Classically Liberal: Some really sick people run the schools and write the laws.

Carol Mowen, drooled out a statement: “It’s important to understand a child may not realize that what he or she is doing may be considered sexual harassment, but if it fits under the definition, then it is, under the state’s guidelines.” Mowen called this blot on the child’s record a “learning opportunity.” Mowen is a moron, no I’m wrong. She’s a MORON. An evil moron who shouldn’t be allowed near children.

Ah so let's make it clear  reposting allegations isn't illegal, damn.  Ok  Her behaviour is Moronic,  but evil? :)  Let's take a look.  Looking back on my childhood I would indeed be a  wobber, a wapist and wapscallion if d'unts ( dull cunts , I'm trying to popularise this)  like these were in charge.. Oh they were , damn I knew it was a living hell for 4 years.   Anyway  YOU STUPID BITCH  five year olds  don't drive , vote or even cross the street on their own for the reason that  even a developmentally challenged,emotionally retarded authoritatian bint should be able to explain is that they are incapable  of the judgement to do so and rely on adults to protect and guide them rather than stigmatise and traumatise them.

So yeah  you may not be evil  but I have a feeling if you met satan you wouldn't need a translator.

 

Link to The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.

 

SALISBURY -- A Salisbury Middle School policy that called for students to be escorted on bathroom breaks resulted in three students being forced to answer nature's call via a soda bottle.

Excessive requests for bathroom breaks throughout the day have prompted faculty members to be more skeptical, requiring some students to be escorted.

 The piss police have expanded their reach from the   war on some drugs:)  Ok isolated case but this is why I don't want our son  placed in the hands of this state employed morons.  The comments by the morons that employ them is even more telling.  

Tuition going up but low-income students get full ride Arizona Socialist University. There's something wrong with this picture that the people that pay taxes, pay more more the services their taxes deliver than those that contribute nothing other than allowing socialist pukes to feel good about using other people's money to assuage their guilt.

"This important step will allow us to serve a far greater number of students and provide the vital support necessary to ensure a brighter collective future for Arizona," ASU President Michael M. Crow said. "We ( meaning we use the police power of the state to forcibly fund our expansion) have made a commitment to Arizonans who have a dream and the desire to realize their full capacity and potential through education.

Seemingly people reaching their full potential = paying them. I have a better idea,though not as libertarian as I'd like but if we have to give away money let's get something in return. For all those people that attend and pass have their loans wiped out. Can we stop pretending that this isn't a socialist country .. I'll be quiet when you all just admit it:D

Post-Modern Prosecutions by William L. Anderson

One hopes that if this case comes to trial, that the judge will recognize the dishonesty of Nifong’s charges, or that a jury will understand that absurdities are absurdities. I say "hope," because right now, the post-modernists are winning battle after battle. It is one thing when post-modern nonsense dominates a history or English class; it is quite another when it becomes the bedrock of modern law.

I suppose this kind of thing would be important if there weren't so many other things to keep up with like comedians outbursts and how people will fight each other to obtain a kids toy. Taxation has been noted as possessing the power to destroy. A narrower, but far more damaging for those caught up in it, situation exists with the power of prosecution. There's some really detailed material , and pretty good discussion occurring over at "Durham in Wonderland" and no I had my title prior to seeing that site;) It's really sad how many "educators" decided to censure the accused publicly for atavistic reasons based on the sad notion that social justice equals "someone has to pay" for the sins of the "father."

NYC schools cell phone ban earns parents ire - CNN.com

These all-out bans brought on by lifes minor inconveniences hint at thoughtless fascism," said one parent in an e-mail."These kids are students, not prisoners," wrote another parent, whose daughter travels from their home in Brooklyn to school in Manhattan.

Yes it is, and yes they are.

Bloomberg argues that phones can help students cheat and waste time in class by playing games and sending text messages. On the more sinister side, he believes they help gangs organize criminal activity.

Yeah and schools , possibly, and this is a stretch bear with me,  could teach kids how to write and equip them for ID theft  so we should ban them too. Phones can also be used to call Bloomberg  names :) So can blogs .. Asshole.  Stop thinking about the devices rather than the intent behind them , you solve nothing taking away a tool , but you do end up looking like one.   Theft by the state isn't usually this naked:)

Mention one Russian novel in a college educated group and.. crickets chirp. It's getting too big, the infosphere. My ignorance increases daily and I'm not even in the astronomy field. K I get that pop culture is so broad that connections are hard to make though I would have thought books at least would have been immune to this, after all no one is writing 19th C literature any more. I am so outta touch with my age group I should be an automatic shoe in for Judge:) Given that our experiment to kill Direct tv will be enacted soon Erin's practicing by watching episodes of Jericho on CBS. It has a survivalist theme which rather interests us both ( that we live in one of the worst places to live without water/power and stocked food is an oddity I admit) Today.. Trying day. The kind where playing the game of Simon as a child prepared me for Yes yes we'll do it. yes we'll do it. in which order? yes we'll do it. in which order and when for? yes we'll do it in which order and when for if you could stand on your head in a bucket of fish guts while singing "my old man's a dustman" with an Albanian accent and a swordfish stuffed up your jacksy ... That was not the worst thing that happened to me today. Not nearly as bad as people  pointing out typos.

Well still suffering badly from a blocked tubes, an office with a climate that varies from Oahu to North Alabama in winter. I've often thought about returning to school, though the further time goes on the less likely (I taut I taw tautology) that's going to occur. Problem is most institutions are not set up to cater to the customer. I've read enough classics thank you, I don't wish to spend money on doing so, nor do I need to be taught that basic civility to other people is a useful too ( regardless of their deserving it;) or a myriad of other extras that they require prior to taking your cash. The flip side of course takes the money and lets you do the work.Basically paying for a certificate you can print out on a laser copier and learning on your own is somehow invalid, most people can't gauge what you know and use an identified marker such as MA, BA, etc They'll also tell you they are not prejudiced. :) There's a sound engineering course I'd love to take but the time commitment makes it impossible to carry on a family, job and course that requires a lot of dedication. ( other's claim to manage such but somethings got to give) And the title? Well a friend ( she's not stabbed me and occasionally smiles in my direction so yeah considered a friend) says that I speak in "hal-tseese" a grammar that is impenetrable to the average American and which I am becoming more and more inclined to agree with. So interesting things found on the web today . A nice guide to You Tube add ins The strange hum being investigated in New Zealand Why blogging is like Yoga. There's as many reasons to do it as there are people