http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/06/23/bullying-of-teachers-more-damaging-in-online-era/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/06/23/bullying-of-teachers-more-damaging-in-online-era/comment-page-1/#comment-164301 rackerly Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:28:28 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=102339#comment-164301 Homo sapiens—all mammals, actually—need to know that the leader has authority. Children, especially, hate an authority vacuum. In fact, it makes them angry and anxious. When the authority has no authority, civility begins to erode because the civilians know their civilization is disordered. Those whose civil behavior is not yet a habit are likely to be the first to show the symptoms of disorder. When authority is consistently absent, rebellion will result until authority is reestablished either through reaction or revolution. (By contrast teenage students glom onto teachers with a strong center—to the point of idolizing them.) see www.geniusinchildren.org. Homo sapiens—all mammals, actually—need to know that the leader has authority. Children, especially, hate an authority vacuum. In fact, it makes them angry and anxious. When the authority has no authority, civility begins to erode because the civilians know their civilization is disordered. Those whose civil behavior is not yet a habit are likely to be the first to show the symptoms of disorder. When authority is consistently absent, rebellion will result until authority is reestablished either through reaction or revolution.
(By contrast teenage students glom onto teachers with a strong center—to the point of idolizing them.) see http://www.geniusinchildren.org.

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