Passive Is Right and Active Is Wrong

In school, you learn that passive is right and active is wrong or bad. Passively sitting quietly in your seat in your chair? That's good. But active, you stand up out of your chair and try to run around. Bad boy. Sit down. Punished. Good girl. Sitting quietly, reading your book. Good boy. You're such a good student. Right? Passive. Active. No, no, bad. Such bad, bad, bad. Be quiet. Listen.