Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
Okay, good morning and
welcome to Wednesday.
Now I hope you woke up this morning
feeling lucky because today is
International Lottery
Day.
I mean, why not you?
Or why not me?
It's kind of crazy how sometimes life
just hinges on those tiny little odds.
So you might as well play the numbers or
just enjoy those
little moments when you're
daydreaming about what
you would actually do.
What would you do in
that moment when you won?
What would be the first
thing that you bought?
Well, that's the fun part of playing
little ottery because I
know I'm never going to
win partially because I never play.
So maybe I should change that today.
Meanwhile, it's a day for hope, which by
the way, is not a good strategy.
However, Mary Poppins
had some great strategies.
Julie Andrews said, "Perseverance is
failing 19 times and
succeeding the 20th."
Now life is hard.
There's no getting around that, but the
key is getting up and
fighting every single time
that life tries to knock you down.
And I guess a spoonful
of sugar always helps too.
Well, today's news, facts, and birthdays
are for August 27th.
We're going to start back in 1964.
That's when Walt Disney's musical film,
Mary Poppins, starring
Julie Andrews and Dick
Van Dyke, premiered at the Chinese
Theater in Los Angeles,
and it ended up winning five
Academy Awards.
Then in 1982, Ricky Henderson set the
single-season stolen bass
record with 130 swiped bags, a
feat that still steals
baseball fans' breaths.
Also in 1985, 14-year-old Mary Jo
Fernandez became the
youngest player to win a match
at the US Open.
14, that's incredible.
Well, happy birthday to you
if today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with Jesse from
Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul.
He's 46 today.
The late Paul Rubens, P.B.
Herman.
He was born on this date in 1952.
He would have been 72 today.
And finally, the late Lyndon B. Johnson,
the 36th US President.
He was born on this date in 1908.
Well, now the number one song on this
date back in 1985 was
"Three Times a Lady" by
the Commodores.
This smooth ballad topped the charts
thanks to its tender
lyrics and Lionel Richie's
soulful delivery.
I know you know I Love Me,
a Lionel Richie love song.
Everyone knows all the best ladies are
more than two times.
They're at least three times a lady.
Proving from three times to seven habits,
we are making our way quite a way through
the book of Stephen R. Covey's The Seven
Habits of Highly Effective People.
And today we are in the subchapter,
"Synergy in the Classroom."
Now, in this reflective subchapter, Covey
demonstrates the power
of synergy in educational
spaces where teachers and students create
learning experiences
greater than what either
could have achieved alone, right?
He argues that true education isn't about
filling heads, it's
about co-creating insights.
Covey writes, "Synergy in the classroom
encourages students to
bring their unique gifts, their
unique perspectives and
creativity to the learning process."
Now, Covey recounts how collaborative
projects and shared
challenges allow students to move
beyond individual limitations.
He emphasizes that when teachers embrace
diversity and
strengths and thinking styles,
classroom synergy blossoms.
And here's a key quote from him, "When
two minds interact with
respect and open-mindedness,
new understanding emerges
that neither could reach alone."
And Covey also advocates for structures,
team discussions, peer
teaching and problem-based
learning that cultivate such synergies.
Now, Covey also warns against traditional
lecture methods, right?
Everybody who sat in one of those,
they're standing up,
they're listening right now,
they're cheering maybe.
And in referring to these traditional
lecture methods, Covey
says that they often suppress
creative exchange.
Instead, Covey calls for environments
where ideas challenge
each other constructively and
where mistakes are celebrated as stepping
stones rather than flops.
Covey describes a successful synergistic
classroom as a place of emotional safety.
He writes, "Synergy occurs when every
voice feels secure enough
to speak, and every idea
is allowed to spark something bigger."
Now, such classrooms foster trust,
intellectual bravery and
mutual growth, not just grades.
The benefits ripple outward.
Students can gain confidence, educators
spark curiosity, and the
learning community thrives
as a whole.
And lastly, Covey makes it clear that
synergy doesn't demand perfection.
It asks for openness.
It asks for respect and
willingness to build together.
Okay, here's your takeaway.
In the classroom, or really any group
setting for that matter,
synergy happens when people
bring their unique perspectives, listen
openly, and then they
co-create new understanding.
That's where the real growth begins.
So today, maybe take a chance and just be
randomly kind to
somebody, but also go buy
a lottery ticket and finally, tell your
lady that she is not
too, but three times a lady
and that you love her.
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