The Seattle Times – John Higgins
“Every class has that kid who will derail the flow of a lesson and launch into a conversation with the teacher that simply won’t wait. Generally, kids who can’t manage such impulses do poorly in school and in the work force, so educators are increasingly expected to teach social and emotional skills, along with reading and math, to nip problems in the bud. But the kid who interrupts story time to get the teacher’s attention also may turn out to be the manager who speaks out of turn and saves the company from disaster. New research, recently summarized in an article for the Brookings Institute, shows that in some cases, bad behavior in school predicts success on the job.”(more)