tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post8603203183199200633..comments2024-03-20T08:37:50.011+00:00Comments on Bullying of Academics in Higher Education: Anonymous said...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-51859598187466522032008-06-05T17:16:00.000+00:002008-06-05T17:16:00.000+00:00I've seen it happen to others, it also happened to...I've seen it happen to others, it also happened to me. No place to run or hide, or nobody who supports me. Thought of suicide, but then the anger creeps upon me. Why do I stay in this environment, only until I get my PhD. But then what, I think. Do I want to stay in this ugliness forever? By ending up in humanities, my life is confined to what can only be described as a living hell. Pathetic losers who call themselves professors. Go get a life, I say, or will I end up like them. The fear just eats me up, and again, the bullying starts all over again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-28224809926342651152008-01-03T13:25:00.000+00:002008-01-03T13:25:00.000+00:00From a one-time target.....On one hand, everything...From a one-time target.....<BR/>On one hand, everything I did was magnified in order to be vilified. On the other hand, everything I did was also ridiculed and laughed at in order that I not be taken seriously should I strike out for fair treatment.<BR/>Everyone in this college, from top to bottom rung, colluded in the abuse and defamation of my character. <BR/>I have never, before or since, experienced such hypocrisy, such junior high-school level game-playing and mobbing as I had working in the academic environment. The reasons for my beig mobbed were distorted, twisted and personalized in order to satisfy the egotistical insecurities of a few academic administrators and some burnt-out professors. <BR/>I now realize that the only thing I was guilty of was not seeing the sociopathic elements in that environment before I was hired.<BR/>The mobbing had nothing to do with my job performance; and everything to do with the bullies' need for control and power over me.<BR/>HR and the president of the college did not 'see' a problem; and my lawyers simply advised me to leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-45094248827949247592007-05-18T15:17:00.000+00:002007-05-18T15:17:00.000+00:00Fantastic........ great voice... great lyrics.......Fantastic........ great voice... great lyrics......<BR/><BR/>Aphra BehnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-78394050625800577072007-05-11T22:54:00.000+00:002007-05-11T22:54:00.000+00:00Speaking out is essentia! But does one need to l...Speaking out is essentia! But does one need to limit oneself to <I>conventional</I> transmissions of language through speech, whether written or spoken in order to communicate truth, to expose deception and to hold to account those who are responsible for harming individuals and the society at large? <BR/><BR/>Do acts of art have the ultimate power to communicate in ways that cannot simply be pinned down to a fixed set of meanings? For they can be freely interpreted by the viewer/listener, especially when they involve a multitude of senses - abstract and representational moving and still images, complex associations of music, "found" sounds, sung and spoken texts drawn from various cultural and historical contexts, all arranged to yield an intricate web of signifiers and signs that are dependent on the experience and understanding of the recipient of the communication.<BR/><BR/>Can the voice of truth be silenced by technical lapses of the law? <BR/><BR/> Is it, indeed, legal and acceptable within a civilized society for public officials to intimidate witnesses in employment tribunal cases?<BR/><BR/>What do <B>you</B> think?<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWoIm3Cq_4gAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-6105723015439111662007-05-07T11:58:00.000+00:002007-05-07T11:58:00.000+00:00There are so many ways to take action against bul...There are so many ways to take action against bullying...<BR/><BR/>Refuse to be<BR/><BR/> SILENT.<BR/><BR/>In each university - each person who believes that they are being bullied can <BR/><BR/> <BR/> SPEAK OUT <BR/><BR/>Each person who speaks out to management/HR in their university is:<BR/><BR/>... bringing workplace bullying to the consciousness of those who work in universities<BR/><BR/>...making it safer for others to speak out because they know they are not alone<BR/><BR/>... making it harder for management to deny bullying<BR/><BR/>...refusing to collude with workplace bullying.<BR/><BR/><BR/>If you are being bullied... do not creep away in silence.<BR/><BR/>If you creep away in silence you are colluding with the bullying.<BR/><BR/> SPEAK OUT.<BR/><BR/>Is it so difficult to say: <BR/><BR/>I believe that I have been bullied...<BR/><BR/>That is what I am saying over and over again in my prestigious research university...<BR/><BR/>I believe that I have been bullied and I believe that there is a culture of workplace bullying in the faculty where I work.<BR/><BR/>I have been saying that for almost three years... a lone voice...<BR/><BR/><BR/>If you left your university without speaking out - never mind how long ago...<BR/><BR/> ... write to management and tell them why you left...<BR/><BR/>It is the silence of those who witness bullying...<BR/><BR/>... and the silence of those who have been bullied and creep away that...<BR/><BR/>... contributes to the endless bullying in our universities...<BR/><BR/>Bullying happens because we do not take action to stop it.<BR/><BR/>SPEAK OUT<BR/><BR/>USE YOUR VOICE<BR/><BR/>DON"T STAY SILENT<BR/><BR/>In solidarity<BR/><BR/>Aphra BehnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com