Abstract
This paper basically studies the interaction of cadets with their civilian peers in a Central Anatolian city in early 1990s. The military school in question used to give a considerable boom to the relatively weak local economy in the city, a fact which the adults mostly appreciated. However, when the cadets went on leave on weekends; proud, talented and “good-shaped” as they were; they attracted the attentions of young girls. Their civilian peers reacted with envy. A competition over the admiration of girls naturally ensued. The delicate social-psychological situation easily nurtured physical conflicts in the past. Sportive confrontations especially aggravated the obvious rivalry. With the advent of the first staff-officer as the school-commandant, the trend marked a rapid change, resulting in concession from counter- aggressiveness, in the part of cadets. A stricter understanding of discipline and a more down-to-earth enforcement of the regulations did cause an abrupt change in the cadets′attitudes. (The replacing commandants all being staff-officers as well), the street-fighting scenes eventually literally disappeared in the city.
Highlights
The essence of this work consists of a study of the relationships between the cadets of a military secondary school and the surrounding population, basically their civilian peers
A small city where the economy depends on commerce and services would “fancy” such a change!
Case History: A stationary-owner said that the idea of moving the NCOSchool elsewhere was totally wrong. He argued that the present institution was much better for the interests of the city
Summary
The essence of this work consists of a study of the relationships between the cadets of a military secondary school and the surrounding population, basically their civilian peers. At this point the definition of interaction might come handy: “The complex interplay between the person and the environment is called interactionism (Bandura 1978; Endler 1981). It suggests that human behavior results from the ongoing interaction between consistent personality (*) dispositions and the situations in which people find themselves” [1]. In order to grasp the interaction between the school in question and the host-city; some information about the school as well as the city itself is essential
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