12 Rules for schools – Rule 3 Make friends with people who want the best for you
This is the third in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. I'm linking all the posts in this series here. This is not intended as an accurate summary of Peterson's views, it is merely my hot take. Not everyone is well disposed towards us. The higher you strive, the more you seek to put your stamp upon the world, the more likely you are to attract the opprobrium of the envious and bitter. This isn't a lot of fun, but it can be managed. Usually such people broadcast their antipathy in no uncertain terms [...]