The not-entirely-hereditary gift of leadership

In November, Amy came back from parent-teacher night with good reports from Ian's teachers - both the homeroom teacher and the teacher that coordinates special enrichment classes with him and a small group of selected peers.  Her enthusiasm had turned positively curricular:  she was thinking of having Ian come up with some kind of brain-teaser one day a week and see if the class could solve it.  This reminded me of some crafts segment of Ian's class from a few years ago, where the teacher would have Ian present his project and then explain to the class how he did it.

I certainly can't think of any precedent for that in my own life, but my older brother, Ian's godfather, stood out a bit in his classroom - probably all the way through graduate school.  As we often observe, some genes seem to originate in Baptism rather than birth.

(November, 2013)