Out of your comfort zone

http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2015/02/other-boxes.html

Pat Hensley talks about not only thinking out side of the box, but going outside of your comfort zone. When your plans get messed up, you must be adaptable and have a back up plan. Hensey's blog helped me realize that things do not always go right, but there is almost always a way out of turbulent times.
I would use this idea in the class room by purposely manipulating a plan and having students adjust to the changes brought up. This will help the students, just like it helped me, know that there is always a way to get out of a difficult time. I may say an assignment is six pages long, and at a later date tell them that they must reduce it to a three page paper. This will also help the high school students prepare for college. Many times I have been asked to do that exact activity. I was forced to determine the most important points of my paper and manipulate it so that it still flowed.