Flip the Script/Flip the Classroom
When someone smiles at us, we generally smile back. When someone is hostile towards us, we tend to react with hostility. But what if we flip the script? Do the unexpected? Treat hostility with kindness? Assume the best in everyone? Yesterday I listened to an Invisibilia podcast from last July – “Flip the Script” . I highly recommend giving the entire podcast a listen, but at the very least, read this transcript of the introductory segment (from http://www.npr.org/2016/07/15/485904654/read-the-transcript): ALIX SPIEGEL, HOST: This story starts in Washington, D.C., on a warm summer night. There were eight friends gathered around a backyard dinner table. They were toasting family and friendship. And everybody was having a good time. MICHAEL RABDOU: Kind of one of those great evenings - lots of awesome food and French wine. And it was like a magical night. SPIEGEL: That's Michael Rabdau. He was there with his wife and his 14-year-old daughter Khyber. And he says it