G: Playground bullies do prosper – and go on to earn more in middle age

[China]

Playground bullies do prosper – and go on to earn more in middle age

 

Children who displayed aggressive behaviour at school, such as bullying or temper outbursts, are likely to earn more money in middle age, according to a five-decade study that upends the maxim that bullies do not prosper.

 

They are also more likely to have higher job satisfaction and be in more desirable jobs, say researchers from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex.

 

The paper, published today, used data about almost 7,000 people born in 1970 whose lives have been tracked by the British Cohort Study. The research team examined data from primary school teachers who assessed the children’s social and emotional skills when they were 10 years old in 1980, and matched it to their lives at the age of 46 in 2016.

 

“We found that those children who teachers felt had problems with attention, peer relationships and emotional instability did end up earning less in the future, as we expected, but we were surprised to find a strong link between aggressive behaviour at school and higher earnings in later life,” said Prof Emilia Del Bono, one of the study’s authors.

 

“It’s possible that our classrooms are competitive places and that children adapt to win that competition with aggression, and then take that through to the workplace where they continue to compete aggressively for the best paid jobs. Perhaps we need to reconsider discipline in schools and help to channel this characteristic in children in a more positive way.”

 

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[Darrell Green Fan]

Having more money won't make an A-hole less of an A-hole. I'm proud that I lived my life not putting money at the top of my list of things and treating people right.    

Edited March 24 by Darrell Green Fan

[Destino]

Being assertive and competitive is often interpreted as aggression. Both of those offer significant advantages in professional life. 

[redskinss]

Reminds me of that episode of frasier where the kids who bullied them in school come over to fix their toilet and Niles finds out the plumber drives a better car than he does.

[TradeTheBeal!]

Last few summers, I’ve been dropping by @Spaceman Spiff’s house unannounced on Sunday mornings and making him detail my 2006 Lexus Lx470.

 

And yeah, my DogeCoin holdings are thriving these days.

 

#tothemoon

[Fergasun]

Psychopathic society...

[Simmsy]

I'd like to see these results in 20 years, I don't think this generation cowers and puts bullies on a pedestal like past generations.

[Renegade7]

9 hours ago, Destino said:

Being assertive and competitive is often interpreted as aggression. Both of those offer significant advantages in professional life. 

 

And while we may see that in bullies, that's not typically what bullying is or even the root of it.

 

So many bullies are because they themselves are getting bullied.

 

I've never been optimistic on the whole "getting adults involved"...what has changed is the bullying following into cyberspace and social media. At that point getting the parents involved is not enough.

 

To me, this desensitizes the bullying because they aren't in front of...is it really bullying when the student can't jus drop their books in the hallway and swing on them to let them know they aren't an easy target?

 

And let's not get it twisted, this did NOT evolve organicly out of nowhere with these younger generations, the Internet can be truly ugly with no remorse for words because of limited if any consequences.  Again, is it bullying in the traditional sense at that point or something else?  Something worse?

Edited March 25 by Renegade7

[Destino]

14 hours ago, Simmsy said:

I'd like to see these results in 20 years, I don't think this generation cowers and puts bullies on a pedestal like past generations.

They just reward a different kind of aggression. One that’s less noisy and energetic but more dishonest and treacherous.

[ixcuincle]

someone said about how stavros from ***town was a bully in HS and now he's a popular standup comic lol