"Every principle I had was an egomaniac."
whats the common element..... or elements
An old joke in school circles:
Q. What do you call a coach with a losing record.
A. Principal.
In many areas, school administration is dominated by men from coaching backgrounds who later got their administrator certificate when it became clear they weren't going to get a great coaching gig. IMO, this population of people accounts for a decent amount of authoritarian crap that ends up in schools, along with the extreme over-emphasis of football in school culture.