Classroom rebellion

[George_Bonanza]

Has anybody seen it? Has anybody been an instigator? Personally, I do not know if this is a cultural myth, like the social cliques in every teen movie, that occurs occasionally, or something that every school has. I have never seen it, nor have I had any desire to do so. Every teacher I've had, or have, has been nice, understanding, and competent. Well, there's this one teacher I have that find likeable and funny but he has a very visible pro-life stance that I sometimes itch to talk about. But I'd rather not stir up trouble right now with an otherwise agreeable guy.

What is the motivation behind rebelling against the teacher? I know there is a type of "genius" connotation to a classroom rebel, since a lot of the famous people in history seemed to get expelled from elite institutions. But I doubt that every mucker is a genius for the ages. Is that a possible motivation? Or is it simply a teen phase, a lashing out? Are students more likely to rebel if they are good at a subject or bad at it? I'm talking about high school students by the way.

[Cheswick2.0]

1. It is a Teen thing

I was part of a classroom rebelion. We were the honors English class and yup there were a few IQs over 135 in that class. We were mean and should have been ashamed of ourselves.