While you and I might find a gang of adolescents disturbing or frightening (and they might enjoy engendering that response in us), the truth is that they are merely doing what all humans do: gather together for safety, reassurance and cooperation.
Toddlers understand leadership, somebody they respect showing the way, teenagers expect leadership while adults work better under real leadership and no managing.
Every MBA course should have a section where the students are responsible for little people, in a kindergarten, for at least a month.
[Bonus Link:] Richard Edelman visits Auschwitz, and writes movingly about it.
