My jaw hit the floor when I watched this. I couldn't help but feel like the person speaking was put up to it which given the manipulative tactics being used to control you and the commission wasn't surprising from the control standpoint, but it was from the abuse standpoint ala Mary K. Latourneau.
***AI***
Research on the influence of authority figures (like teachers) on high school students centers on a concept called **Social Power** and the **Imbalance of Knowledge**. While peer influence is driven by the *reward* system, influence from adults in positions of power is often driven by **informational** and **referent** influence.
Here is how the research breaks down the susceptibility of high schoolers to those in positions of authority:
## 1. The "Credibility Bias" and Intellectual Humility
Studies in educational psychology show that adolescents often operate under a "credibility bias." Because the prefrontal cortex is still developing its capacity for **epistemic vigilance** (the ability to critically evaluate the source of information), students tend to default to the "Expert Heuristic."
* **The Finding:** If an adult is perceived as an expert (a teacher) or a moral authority (a coach/mentor), the student's brain often bypasses the "fact-checking" phase and moves straight to "integration."
* **The Result:** The student adopts the adult's viewpoint not because they've been convinced by logic, but because their brain categorizes the information as "vetted truth."
## 2. Power Dynamics and "Compliance vs. Internalization"
Research by social psychologist **Herbert Kelman** identified three stages of influence. For high schoolers interacting with teachers, the lines between these stages often blur:
* **Compliance:** The student adopts a view to get a good grade or avoid friction.
* **Identification:** The student adopts the view because they like the teacher and want to be like them (**Referent Power**).
* **Internalization:** The student forgets the teacher was the source of the idea and begins to believe the idea was their own original thought.
## 3. The "Hidden Curriculum" and Priming
Political scientists often study the **"Hidden Curriculum"**—the subtle, non-explicit ways teachers project values.
* **Framing:** Research suggests that teachers don't have to tell students *what* to think to influence them; they only need to choose *which* topics to discuss. By framing a political issue through a specific lens, they "prime" the student to reach a predetermined conclusion.
* **The "Social Norm" Effect:** If a teacher creates a classroom environment where only one political view is treated as "compassionate" or "intelligent," high schoolers—who are biologically wired to avoid social exclusion—will often subconsciously align their views to avoid being the "outlier" in the room.
## 4. Longitudinal Impact: The "Impressionable Years" Hypothesis
There is a significant body of research (Sears, 1983) called the **"Impressionable Years" Hypothesis**. It suggests that political orientations are highly fluid between the ages of 15 and 25 and then "crystallize" as we age.
* **Evidence:** Adults in influence positions during these specific years have a disproportionate impact on a person's lifelong political identity compared to any other age group.
* **The "Recency" Effect:** Because high schoolers have less "prior knowledge" to compare new information against, the information provided by an influential adult feels more weighty and "correct" than it would to an older adult with a lifetime of experience.
‘ENERGIZING TODAY’S STUDENTS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TO CREATE TOMORROW’S CITIZENS’
What is on their site is recommended books and posters. Touted as UNIQUE “These are the FIRST CIVICS TEXTS to include current and historic tribal governments”
ENDORSED:
“The books are endorsed by the Washington State Council for the Social Studies and the Washington State Indian Education Association, and the Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State is a CURRICULUM AND REFERS TEACHERS TO USING THESE BOOKS.
ARE WE CREATING TOMORROW’S CITIZENS? OR BRAINWASHING?
From the 1920s onwards, the Nazi Party targeted German youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages. These messages emphasized that the Party was a movement of youth: dynamic, resilient, forward-looking, and hopeful. MILLIONS OF GERMAN YOUNG PEOPLE WERE WON OVER TO NAZISM IN THE CLASSROOM AND THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
Since when did the League of Women’s Voters direct the topics to teach AND endorse errant facts about a sovereign nation for TOMORROW’S CITIZENS?
This is horrible on so many levels, Fitch and her cohorts need to be ousted! I am sick and tired of the fear, smear and hate tactics directed at Mr. Tozzer and other CC
Watchdoggers. You bet they are afraid of us because sooner or later they’re not gonna be able to continue with their rhetoric and their graft and their bully tactics. If it hadn’t been for Mr. Tozzer, we would never know about anything that was going on behind the doors at Clallam county commissioners meetings. They all need to be publicly exposed on a regular basis to keep them in check and voted out. Just my two cents.
My jaw hit the floor when I watched this. I couldn't help but feel like the person speaking was put up to it which given the manipulative tactics being used to control you and the commission wasn't surprising from the control standpoint, but it was from the abuse standpoint ala Mary K. Latourneau.
***AI***
Research on the influence of authority figures (like teachers) on high school students centers on a concept called **Social Power** and the **Imbalance of Knowledge**. While peer influence is driven by the *reward* system, influence from adults in positions of power is often driven by **informational** and **referent** influence.
Here is how the research breaks down the susceptibility of high schoolers to those in positions of authority:
## 1. The "Credibility Bias" and Intellectual Humility
Studies in educational psychology show that adolescents often operate under a "credibility bias." Because the prefrontal cortex is still developing its capacity for **epistemic vigilance** (the ability to critically evaluate the source of information), students tend to default to the "Expert Heuristic."
* **The Finding:** If an adult is perceived as an expert (a teacher) or a moral authority (a coach/mentor), the student's brain often bypasses the "fact-checking" phase and moves straight to "integration."
* **The Result:** The student adopts the adult's viewpoint not because they've been convinced by logic, but because their brain categorizes the information as "vetted truth."
## 2. Power Dynamics and "Compliance vs. Internalization"
Research by social psychologist **Herbert Kelman** identified three stages of influence. For high schoolers interacting with teachers, the lines between these stages often blur:
* **Compliance:** The student adopts a view to get a good grade or avoid friction.
* **Identification:** The student adopts the view because they like the teacher and want to be like them (**Referent Power**).
* **Internalization:** The student forgets the teacher was the source of the idea and begins to believe the idea was their own original thought.
## 3. The "Hidden Curriculum" and Priming
Political scientists often study the **"Hidden Curriculum"**—the subtle, non-explicit ways teachers project values.
* **Framing:** Research suggests that teachers don't have to tell students *what* to think to influence them; they only need to choose *which* topics to discuss. By framing a political issue through a specific lens, they "prime" the student to reach a predetermined conclusion.
* **The "Social Norm" Effect:** If a teacher creates a classroom environment where only one political view is treated as "compassionate" or "intelligent," high schoolers—who are biologically wired to avoid social exclusion—will often subconsciously align their views to avoid being the "outlier" in the room.
## 4. Longitudinal Impact: The "Impressionable Years" Hypothesis
There is a significant body of research (Sears, 1983) called the **"Impressionable Years" Hypothesis**. It suggests that political orientations are highly fluid between the ages of 15 and 25 and then "crystallize" as we age.
* **Evidence:** Adults in influence positions during these specific years have a disproportionate impact on a person's lifelong political identity compared to any other age group.
* **The "Recency" Effect:** Because high schoolers have less "prior knowledge" to compare new information against, the information provided by an influential adult feels more weighty and "correct" than it would to an older adult with a lifetime of experience.
LVW, A QUIET INVASION OF YOUTHFUL MINDS
LVW - Civic Education for Washington State https://lwvwaef.org/
‘ENERGIZING TODAY’S STUDENTS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TO CREATE TOMORROW’S CITIZENS’
What is on their site is recommended books and posters. Touted as UNIQUE “These are the FIRST CIVICS TEXTS to include current and historic tribal governments”
ENDORSED:
“The books are endorsed by the Washington State Council for the Social Studies and the Washington State Indian Education Association, and the Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State is a CURRICULUM AND REFERS TEACHERS TO USING THESE BOOKS.
ARE WE CREATING TOMORROW’S CITIZENS? OR BRAINWASHING?
From the 1920s onwards, the Nazi Party targeted German youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages. These messages emphasized that the Party was a movement of youth: dynamic, resilient, forward-looking, and hopeful. MILLIONS OF GERMAN YOUNG PEOPLE WERE WON OVER TO NAZISM IN THE CLASSROOM AND THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
Since when did the League of Women’s Voters direct the topics to teach AND endorse errant facts about a sovereign nation for TOMORROW’S CITIZENS?
They must be very afraid of you and what you have started Jeff!
Using the old “list of Rhetorical Fallacies” to try to create a smear campaign against you!
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser”.
This is horrible on so many levels, Fitch and her cohorts need to be ousted! I am sick and tired of the fear, smear and hate tactics directed at Mr. Tozzer and other CC
Watchdoggers. You bet they are afraid of us because sooner or later they’re not gonna be able to continue with their rhetoric and their graft and their bully tactics. If it hadn’t been for Mr. Tozzer, we would never know about anything that was going on behind the doors at Clallam county commissioners meetings. They all need to be publicly exposed on a regular basis to keep them in check and voted out. Just my two cents.