Sunday Series 4: Fear, Feedback, and False Power
Sunday Series – Part 4 Fear, Feedback, and False Power When authority stops correcting and starts protecting itself Opening: When Fear Becomes the Real Principal Once strictness dies, something else quietly takes charge. Not wisdom. Not experience. Not values. Fear . Fear of complaints. Fear of screenshots. Fear of feedback forms. Fear of parents who speak louder than reason. Fear of management meetings that begin with “ We got a call…” This blog exists because many teachers today are no longer guided by what is right , but by what is safe . And safety, in modern education, is often an illusion. REAL-LIFE VIGNETTE: A File, A Smile, And A Silence Once, during a routine academic review, a teacher raised a genuine concern . Not a complaint. Not an accusation. Just feedback - about declining discipline and increasing classroom disruptions. The management listened quietly. Nods were exchanged. Smiles were polite. The teacher felt relieved. “Good,” he thought, “At least they are listening.” ...