A Tale of Two Cabbies: Optimism and Grit in Action

(originally published at www.catapultlearning.com)


Good teachers know how to make use of “teachable moments,”
but all of us could probably do a better job of acting on “learnable moments.”
I had two such moments recently—and, amazingly, I was aware of both of them
while they were happening.


The morning had been crazy—schools had been delayed for two
hours because of freezing rain, which