We Wish We Went to School Here - Dream School Teaches Empathy, Collaboration, Life Skills.

It's right here in Boston, too – specifically, Mission Hill School, a public elementary school in the city's Roxbury neighborhood. Their empathy-based culture and curriculum focuses on learning essential life skills every responsible citizen of the world needs, as well as building students' collaborative – versus competitive – abilities. As such, the school emphasizes the development of these "5 Habits of Mind" –

Evidence: How do you know?

Conjecture: What if things were different?

Connections: What does it remind you of?

Relevance: Is it important? Why does it matter?

Viewpoint: What would someone else say? How would someone else feel?

Questions we should all be asking daily in our world of advertising and branding, no?

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