Civics isn't taught in high school anymore; a real loss for social knowledge skills and decision-making, in my view. And although I didn't have that class as my choice in high school, we did take sociology in 10th grade, and I took "Presidential Politics" as a course in 1976 at a college. It reflected on four styles of the office of the commander-in-chief: how they could be either active or resistant to handling responsibilities. It would also depend on two choices once they were in office: how did their term as president reflect in a rewarding view by historians--or not? Active presidents sought the office. Negative presidents didn't want the office but were swayed to accept it.
Active-Positive; Active-Negative, Negative-Positive; Negative-Negative.
(A Negative president could be someone who replaced a previous leader.
Calvin Coolidge is a Negative-negative)
(Dwight Eisenhower-Franklin Pierce / Harry S. Truman-Calvin Coolidge) = Active/Positive & Active-Negative, while Truman/Coolidge is Negative-positive and as mentioned...
But here's a list of current ideas rolling around everyone's vocabulary--which is why I'm posting it.
