There is an epidemic of loutish behavior in the world. Here's some bad news from Britain. An excerpt from the Guardian article:
Teachers are being urged to stop using the word clever and talk about successful children to curb school bullying.
Union leaders said hundreds of children were being targeted because they were considered clever, and some bright students were refusing school prizes for fear of being picked on by classmates.
Simon Smith, a teacher from Essex, told the Professional Association of Teachers conference in Oxford that being clever was simply not cool among today's children. "I have talked to various pupils ... and being clever meant that you were boring, lacked personality, were a teacher's pet and other things not polite enough to mention."
[HT: BuzzMachine ]
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