How many of us can look back to our most impressionable days and reflect upon the impact our mentors had on us? What was it that these mentors saw in us, that made them invest their time and energy in developing our personal potential?  In Beyond Theories and Degrees: The Alleys Smarts of Educational Leadership, published in August of 2020, read on pages 3 through 5, how such mentors helped a retired superintendent during his senior year of high school.