Choose Your Words Cool Tools for April

Tolerance Tolerance is defined as a willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own. Have you ever re-tweeted or favorited a post on twitter, shared a post on facebook, or re-pinned something on pinterest that was inappropriate toward someone else? It might have picked at their looks, the way they act, your opinion of them, or just been mean. What you think is a joke someone else may not be able to handle...

Ignore people that say mean or inappropriate things. Don’t be that mean person, either.

When you choose the words that you use... Bullying, Mobbing, and inappropriate language – Bullying: includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically, verbally, or online, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

When you choose the words that you use... Mobbing: bullying of an individual by a group in any context--such as posting something online to a community anonymously or being the person that re-tweets, favorites, shares, pins, gossips about, etc...

Think before you speak. Words can really hurt!

Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but sometimes words can destroy you.... Changes self esteem Destroys one's image and sense of worth Ruins confidence Damages friendships Leads to a negative climate

So What Are We Asking You to Do? T.H.I.N.K. T-is it True? H-is it Helpful? I-is it Inspiring? N-is it Necessary? K-is it Kind?