Class Act

From Noah Webster’s dictionaries to Catherine Beecher’s classrooms and Booker T. Washington’s grit, we explore how teachers—past and present—shape lives, build character, and even change nations. Along the way, we share a few personal teacher shout-outs, a laugh or two, and remember the greatest example of all: Christ, the Master Teacher. This episode is, "Class Act" and we are so glad you're here!

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Episode 128 - Class Act

Cydni: [00:00:00] I asked Ben if he'd go on a walk with me the other morning, and then my daughter, Eyana wanted to go too. And somehow in this walk, Ben decided it was a great time to tell our daughter that she needs to embrace being a lady a little bit more because she's a lot more like me, which is not so much a lady, but I'm not like, not a lady, but I'm not.

Sher: You Kick my butt. I think you're a lady. I mean. Compared to me and my house. 

Cydni: Well, for Ben, who likes Gucci and Louis Vuitton and matching it was not received well. Because Iana and I were busting up laughing the entire time.

Every time he said, be a lady. We laughed out loud at him but I'm telling you this because the same night, this lady in the making my daughter who is more like me lady, she said something that I really wanted to share with you, Sher. As I was talking about my childhood, she said, your parents were divorced.

They were divorced. And I said, I told you this before. [00:01:00] And she said, I should know this about the person who's breastfed me. And I was like, you know, she is a lady.

 Lady. A noun, a woman of refinement and gentle manners. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Cydni and Sher podcast. 

Sher: That was so ladylike the way you said that. 

Cydni: Thanks. I'm super refined. I did wanna be a lady. I did. I think I've talked about this before. Because when I was growing up, I just really admired my cousin who was so graceful and organic and sunkissed hand and beautiful.

And I was just like, I don't know where my shoes are. I'm wearing like a freaking paper bag for a dress. And I was not a lady, well, okay. There are ladies in my family line, Like Lady of the Night. Just kidding. 

Sher: Anyway, Cydni, let's start by just reviewing what we've been talking about this month. We've been discussing knowledge and wisdom and how early [00:02:00] Americans understood true wisdom. Was not possible without including God. So they embrace the teachings of God in schools, and they also understood that wisdom is what would bring peace, harmony, and happiness to a society and to our culture.

\ In Proverbs chapter three, verses 13 through 20, it says, happy is the man that findeth wisdom and. And the man that Gith understanding for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that thou can desire are not to be compared unto her.

Length of days in her right hand and in her left hand, riches in honor, her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She's a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone that retain with her. The Lord, by wisdom has founded the earth by understanding Had he established [00:03:00] the heavens.

By his knowledge, the depths are broken up and the clouds drop the due. So from these scriptures, we learned that gaining knowledge and wisdom creates happiness. It's better than riches that the Lord used knowledge and wisdom to create the earth. So, it's sort of important.

So if this was the plan in early America was to gain wisdom and include God in the schools, they knew that we needed teachers that supported this view. And so today we wanted to talk about teachers that have changed America. as we're talking today, we want you to please think about teachers that have influenced you. And so just real quick, I wanna give a shout out to a few of my teachers, Ms. Smith, who believed I could write Ms. Mosley, who believed I could be a public speaker, Mr. Nats, who taught me how to play the guitar, Ms. Creek, who sent me a postcard while she was on vacation in Germany and thanked me for being a good student. Mr. Wilson, who loved that I loved history, Dr. Hilton, who the [00:04:00] poor man taught me for four years in college. And my teacher mentors, Mr. Gorley and Ms. Isaacson, who literally drug me through my first years of teaching and two of my coworkers that I have worked with Cydni for over 20 years and they've pushed me every single year to be a better teacher. And that's Ms. Monroe. And Ms. Allen. I just wanna thank. All of them for being such amazing examples and caring so much about your craft that you influenced me, a lot of fellow teachers and definitely the students that you taught. 

Cydni: And look at you now as a teacher. You're on someone's list out there, not 

Sher: mine.

It's probably on the bad list. 

Cydni: No, you're not teachers. That ruined my life reasons why I'm not a teacher. Your list is impressive. I can't believe you got a postcard from Germany. I did. It was amazing. I was so excited. It's wild because she was on vacation and thought about a student. 

Sher: I found out later she sent 'em to everyone in her class. But that's beside the point. . 

Cydni: I bet there's one or two people [00:05:00] left out, someone probably just found out right now that they were left out of that probably. So you probably just ruined someone's day. Actually, it's Well, I will always have the same two teachers that forever have a place in my heart and it's Miss Sho from third grade. she took me in like her own daughter and Miss Pam Jones, who somehow still listens. So thank you, Pam.

I loved her from very beginning. Some of my childhood memories that are positive have Pam Jones in them. She is so cool. She was the best example of a woman of God I'd wanna be She's hilarious and a little irreverent, but loved God. That is perfect.

. And most recently I was thinking that my kids are also teachers. They're constantly telling me things and telling me how to say stuff and who to be. And also they just, you know, let me know what I don't know. 

Sher: That was quite the face you just gave.

Cydni: It's just that I have a 15-year-old and a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old, so they have a lot of opinions. Sigh. Heavy sigh. Si a verb to take a [00:06:00] deep audible breath to make a sound like sighing.

Sher: Let me just tell you, Cydni is on a roll with her definitions already today because. The first teacher we're gonna talk about is known as the School Master of America, and it's Noah Webster, who as Cydni has figured out, wrote the First American dictionary. 

Cydni: Did you know that he actually wrote two? The second one took 26 years to complete and he learned 28 languages. Oh my goodness. I just wrote down a few of the languages because my mind is blown with this gothic German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Dutch, and Hebrew, but there was more.

Sher: I was just grateful that he wrote the dictionary so he could spell words correctly, like the words color. 

Cydni: He was a simple man. He's like, take the U out. And then he changed also re to er. Yeah, theater. Center, 

Sher: which makes so much more sense, makes so much more sense. Everyone in Britain right [00:07:00] now is like, they're the ones who had the language first. They just shared it with us and we changed it a tad bit. That's okay. Right.

Cydni: He did add some words that had never been in a dictionary before, like skunk. That wasn't in the dictionary? No, it was the first time. It was in a dictionary. It was with his second edition but also before you actually teach us something, I just wanted to say that he was a man of honor because he took out vulgar words, he left out words like ars bomb fart and turd, 

Sher: all right, well, moving on. Why he is called the School Master of America is because Noah Webster wrote The Webster Speller, which we talked about in last week's episode. This is also known as The blue backed speller and it literally taught millions of American kids how to read, and it was all based on biblical principles. This book was used in our schools for about a hundred years before it started to be phased out in their early 19 [00:08:00] hundreds. 

Cydni: But you know what's crazy about that is he only sold 25,000 copies. And he had to take out a mortgage on his home because he was in such great debt and he lived his whole life in debt. 

Sher: Really? I didn't know that. How come he only sold that many copies of it? Do you know? 

Cydni: I think it was 'cause people were like, what are we gonna do with these words? We don't need words. I don't know. That's ridiculous . 

Sher: Okay. Webster believed that education is useless without the Bible. So just so we're clear, he believed that knowledge and wisdom was absolutely useless unless you included God. And that is exactly what our founders believed. So this speller, it promoted biblical principles. Along with morals, religion, and civic duty. His blue backed speller had words in it, that students would learn, and then they put those words into sentences, and then students would practice reading them, saying them out loud, as well as spelling them.

So examples were things [00:09:00] like, no man may put off the law of God, or God will bless them that keep his law. Another one is, it is the duty of all men to serve their country. And one more good boys and girls will love to learn. These were the kind of sentences and phrases that students were learning how to read with as well as how to spell with. 

Cydni: The good boys wouldn't work at all today because you can't say good boy now anymore. It's actually very negative. Like you, are in. Control of that person. Mm-hmm. you're a dog. Which has ruined my life because when I tell my children that they're doing a good job, they're like, you're so mean. Just can't keep up. 

Sher: You can't. You just can't keep up. And 

Cydni: furthermore, could we just do a shout out to all the math teachers today? Because that whole six, seven that's going around that all the kids say six, seven. My children have said the math classes. Both in high school and also in middle school are out of control. Anytime a teacher writes six seven, the whole class erupts in laughter what is it? I don't know what [00:10:00] it's six, i've looked up six seven and what it means so many times, and I'm still very confused, but it's from a song that just caught on. It doesn't really mean anything, but they say it. All of the time. So it doesn't have like a so annoying if your kid's saying it, they're not like into drugs. Well, I mean, they might be, but not because they're saying six seven, but it's not a secret code for something you've gotta be worried about. It's just something that's disruptive. I think, I hope I'm not wrong because what if it was horrible? 

Sher: If it's horrible. We apologize that we just said it multiple times.

Cydni: Yeah. 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7. But I just have a lot of compassion for all math teachers who have to write a six or a seven on a board, which is really difficult 

Sher: do you have compassion to teachers that taught American history and had to hear America over and over again? 

Cydni: No, I think that one just feels right. America, that just is like. Nails on a chalkboard. No, you don't. I have it in my notes to say it, so I really am one of your students. 

Sher: Oh my gosh. I heard it so many times. It's not funny and it's just [00:11:00] annoying now. Because it lacks respect. No, it's like saying the same thing over and over again. I just heard it so many times that. How many times did you hear it? Like six or seven, like 5 million? 277, not six or seven. All right. The one that got me with the good boys and girls will love to learn. You know, that's something that. I feel really sad about is there's a part of our culture that does not think it's cool to learn anymore.

They think it's cool to be stupid and to get bad grades. I don't understand why we have that in our culture, because that doesn't help you as a person. Talk about Satan getting hold of culture and making it so that people keep themselves down by thinking that not learning. Not choosing to do well in school is somehow cool. Cool. Runs out. I always tell my students that, what are you gonna do when you're not cool anymore? You can't live on, cool. 

Cydni: Yeah. What are you gonna do? Like a podcast? But really, he was ahead of his time with the positive affirmations. Good boys and good [00:12:00] girls will love to learn. It's one of my personal affirmations. Daily. I say it six or seven times. 

Sher: well, moving on from personal affirmations webster believed, this is a quote from him that all the miseries and evils, which men suffer from vice crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. he believed that studying and living the precepts of the Bible would solve the issues of crime. Inequality, oppression and in his time slavery along with war. And Webster was an abolitionist and he tried to end slavery during his lifetime. So what he's saying is that the slave owners, they needed to study the Bible, and further, that men and women that cause others to suffer do not understand the principles taught in the Bible, which is true. And that's what he wanted to teach in school. This is how America learned for about [00:13:00] 100 years. And then we threw it all out in the early 19 hundreds. But I think as people of faith, we know we need to still teach these biblical principles. We need to teach this to our children and to each other as much as possible so that we continue to have a society that's peaceful.

Cydni: When it comes to learning for myself, I really like to see the person we're studying as a real person. So I have to tell you a few things about him that I learned that I loved so much. 'cause he was a quirky and odd dude. Did you know, he's so odd. No, I loved it. I wanna know about it. Well, one of the first facts I found about him across several articles is that he personally counted all the houses in every town he visited. Oh my goodness. Yeah. That's some OCD my friend. oCD, abbreviation or noun, a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions or both, that can cause significant distress. 

Sher: Thank you, Cydni. 

Cydni: I [00:14:00] wish you knew the delight I got in doing that. It's so funny to me, also, he really let George Washington have it one night at a dinner party because George Washington said he really wanted a Scottish tutor for his grandson. And Noah Webster said to this war hero. You need to get an American for that job. Meca. That's what he said after that. 

Sher: Thank you for that. 

Cydni: I also loved that Webster hated Shakespeare complaining his language was full of errors. 

Sher: It's because he spelled the word color wrong. 

Cydni: He also got dumped several times and when he finally got a woman to agree to marry him, his love letter said something of the sort of, I do not believe I'm fit for society. And I just really loved that because it was so honest and pure. So learning about him personally, I really became a huge fan because he's so quirky. 

Sher: All right, the next teacher we wanna talk about is Catherine Beecher. She was born in 1800 and she's the sister. To Harriet Beecher. Stowe. Harriet Beecher Sto, we've talked about [00:15:00] her in previous episodes, wrote the book, uncle Tom's Cabin, Abraham Lincoln gave Harriet Beecher Ow credit for giving Americans the courage. To fight in the Civil War to free the slaves.

So she's a very important person in our history. And Catherine Beecher, she is important because she believed that women were called to be teachers. She founded the Hartford Female Seminary in 1823, and she advocated for teaching as a sacred calling for women. She believed women could connect home. Morals and education at school. And she further believed that this was a woman's God-given natural gift. Women were natural moral leaders that could shape the happiness of family and communities through teaching. She is the reason so many women now are teachers. She opened the door for women like me to become teachers. 

 I have to give all the pros and cons. Here's the negative, [00:16:00] or you know, you can use your own judgment and decide if it's a negative or not. She opposed women voting she believed that the political sphere was too corrupt, contentious, and degrading for women. So what Beecher believed is that there were separate spheres for men and women. Men should be in the public life and government in business and women. Their greatest power was in shaping society through education, religion, and the home. And she wrote a book called An Essay on the Education of Female Teachers.

She argued in that book that women's Moral Authority was more valuable than political rights. she further said that women already had a higher calling in shaping the nation's morals and character through teaching and motherhood, and believed that politics would be too distracting and take them away from their God-given role.

So you decide if you agree or disagree with her, but I do wanna end with something that [00:17:00] hopefully everyone will like. I'm gonna paraphrase but it's still kind of long. She said, no. American woman then has any occasion for filling that. Hers is an humble or insignificant lot. The value of what an individual accomplishes is to be estimated by the importance of the enterprise achieved and not by the particular position of the laborer. The drops of heaven that freshen the earth Each of equal value, whether they fall in the low land or the meadow. Thus, the woman who is rearing, a family of children, the woman who labors in the school room and then she listed a bunch of other jobs and roles that women have, whose example and influence may be molding and forming young minds. Each and all may be cheered by the consciousness, that they are agents in accomplishing the greatest work that ever was committed to human responsibility. It is the building of a glorious temple whose base [00:18:00] shall be co-extensive with the bounds of the earth, whose summit shall pierce the skies whose splendor shall beam on all lands, and those who hee the lowliest stone as much as those who carve the highest capital. Will be equally honored when its top stone shall be laid with new rejoicing of the morning stars and the shoutings of the sons of God. So agree or disagree with all of Catherine Beecher's political views. This was a woman who understood the importance of women in education, religion, and the home, and she believed that all women. Teaching children were doing the most valuable and precious work. This was a gift from God and God loves all women who help him build his kingdom no matter where they have worked in their life. At the top of the temple or the bottom. It was all just as important and necessary, and I'm a fan of hers just because she opened the door for women to become teachers. 

Cydni: She was more difficult to [00:19:00] find fun facts about, she seems more serious. And I listened to several historians talk about her and. I'm going to be honest, some of the women professors who speak about her have a certain tone when they talk about her because of some of her very conservative beliefs.

Sher: Yeah. I can see why she's not well liked. 

Cydni: She's left out of history a lot because of how she believed, you know, women ought to stay in the house and in the kitchen but what's interesting about her is that she was engaged to get married and the man she was engaged to, he died at sea she never got married. There's letters where she talks about making a decision, do I get engaged again? Or the way one professor talked about it, I laughed because it sounded like Catherine knew God got her out of it once and she wasn't so sure he'd get her out of it again. So she chose to focus on her career of teaching only. Also with the school, she started. She started out with just seven students her first year, and by the end of three years [00:20:00] she had over 100 students, which made me think of us share, like we started off with seven listeners and maybe one day we'll have a hundred 

Sher: maybe, 

Cydni: But she was kind of contradictive though in a lot of ways because she wasn't married and she didn't have children, but she was very big on women staying. Their homes and being mothers, . Which I was wondering maybe she was having such a good time that she didn't want anyone to ruin it., Let's keep this life a secret that it's so nice. You guys just stay home. And she was like traveling and living the best life. So I thought, what if she was devious like that?

But she probably wasn't. But as much as she was all about the homemaker life for women. And I understand why. It's the age old, the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. And I love a lot of her philosophy because she said, women, like you've said, are great and excellent and better teachers.

But if that's the case, then they need to be [00:21:00] educated so that they could properly raise good people. And I do like that. But one thing about her that kind of contradicts everything else is one class she would not allow into her schools was the decorative arts class for women. Now, this class was to help you to get married. It was to learn how to dance and sing and sew, which is 100%. The way it got Ben, it's by dancing and sewing. I'm honestly like the master professor and decorative arts. I'm just that kinda lady. 

Sher: Cydni is delusional right now.

Cydni: Ben's like, fine, I'll marry you, but never dance again. That's how it really happened. So I think all of this is kind of funny. And it just makes her a real person. And also that you change over time a little bit. That sometimes you might have a belief that you're really passionate about and as the years go on and the world changes and your experience, they will alter how you feel and what you believe, and that's okay. That's human, that's [00:22:00] actually growth most of the time. Okay. But what I found inspiring with her and what she taught was that she really felt like when you're staying home. To run it like a business, to not just slack off, but to give it everything. And I think that's really beautiful it made me feel really empowered and to take it seriously what I'm doing, because it really matters not just to mindlessly get through each day, but to give it everything. What you're doing can shape the world. And I've really found that to be really inspiring and beautiful the way that she talked about that. One more thing about her that I think is important is, for a long time it was men who wrote articles on how to be a good housewife. Which has really impacted my life so much. It's what I turn to. Every morning. I wake up and I make fresh muffins, and I read the Holy Word, and then I read the Good Wife's Guide written by a man. 

Sher: Please don't read it. Cydni. Oh, I'm going to read just some of them. I can already feel my blood pressure.

Cydni: No, this is going to help so many [00:23:00] people. 

Sher: Okay. 

Cydni: If you're going to be a good wife written by a man, you should have dinner ready, plan ahead. Even the night before, 

Sher: Cindy's not gonna make it through. 

Cydni: Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Gather up school books toys, paper, et cetera. And then run a dust cloth over the table.

Sher: Do the kids have to help clean up, or is it just the woman only? The girls The boy kids 

Cydni: shouldn't. Okay.

speaking of children, prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair and if necessary, change their clothes. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity. Listen to him. You may have had a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Don't greet him with complaints or problems. I'm doing this so wrong. As soon as he [00:24:00] walks in the door, I greet him with complaints and problems. Don't ask him questions about his actions. Make him comfortable. And a good wife always knows her place. 

Sher: Oh, my word.

Cydni: So to all the historians who really have a problem with Catherine, dude, she came in and changed it up. She was like, you guys have power, and I do not want to see you dancing and singing, and sewing. We're better than this, but also those things are important, and I appreciate my friends who can do this, but not me.

Sher: All right. We're gonna talk about one more teacher, and this one is Booker t Washington. He Is one of my favorites, and I know I've mentioned him quite a few times before, but he was born a slave in Virginia, and he wanted to go to college, but he didn't have a way to get there, so he walked 500 miles to the Hampton Institute in his autobiography. He said that when he was 16 years old, he walked these 500 miles from his home. To attend this college Along the way, he worked odd jobs. He begged for food and he slept [00:25:00] outdoors. And when he finally arrived at Hampton, he was a dirty mess. But the teachers admitted him after he proved his character by cleaning a room so thoroughly that they said it could not be improved.

And this was a female teacher that was inspecting this room, and she was so impressed by his dedication, humility, and willingness to work hard. she said We need to take him in. And he believes schools should blend academics, the trades and moral training. And remember where he came from. He was born a slave and he believed that character, not circumstances make the man. I love that he was all about hard work, integrity and service. At his school he built , they taught skills like farming, carpentry, blacksmithing. Brick making, teaching nursing. He also believed education was more than books.

It meant discipline, hard work, honesty [00:26:00] and moral character. And based on the fact that that's how he got in Hampton College in the first place, based on his humility and hard work of cleaning that room, I would say he was a pretty good example of that. Booker t Washington is the one who started the Tuskegee Institute. He founded it in 1881, and his students built the school themselves including they made the bricks, they constructed the buildings, and they grew all the food. And he believed that education could foster leaders and teachers and role models. Helping their communities rise out of poverty. What an amazing example He is. further he said, the ability to work with one's hands and brain, the knowledge of how to earn a living and conduct life efficiently is the beginning of success for any race or individual.

I think that is such great advice. That is something that everyone can do, that we have power and control over our life. Of course, with the help of God. I love his example of [00:27:00] determination really, and just solid grit. I love it. 

Cydni: I've always found him incredibly inspiring. It was a podcast we did maybe a year ago where he talked about him and I find him so inspiring. And one thing I feel all three of these people who are completely different and from different backgrounds is that it isn't just about memorizing. It's learning and applying and gaining the wisdom. And I find it interesting that all three of these people believe this so strongly and present it in such different ways, but it's a core belief, which ultimately leads us to the master teacher. 

Sher: Absolutely. All three of these individuals, Noah Webster, Catherine Beecher, and Booker t Washington they believed that education should be based on the principles that Christ taught us in the Bible.

Our savior, He taught by example and he taught us how to teach he asked questions, he listened. He taught people to think. He taught 'em to think through parables, and he [00:28:00] used parables that related to his audience that he was speaking to at the time. He also taught that all of us learn line upon line, showing us that we all learn at our own pace and our own time, and in our own way.

He teaches us to have patience. He taught us with love and with compassion and his teachings. Inspired America's founders and our early educators who understood liberty and happiness are both tied to virtue. So if we want to have peace, harmony, happiness in our society and in our culture, this is what our foundation needs to be built on, is the teachings of our Savior.

as I was writing this outline, Cydni, at this point I realized we don't do any of this at school anymore. So I chose three teachers that I thought really influenced American schools and we threw it all out the window and then I thought, well, maybe we shouldn't do this episode or I should find different teachers.

then I realized that the teachers I mentioned at the [00:29:00] beginning. The episode. So Ms. Allen, Ms. Monroe, Ms. Smith, Mr. Wilson, Dr. Hilton, all of those teachers. And the teachers that you mentioned. 

Cydni: Ms. Schul and Ms. Jones. And not to mention the incredible teachers that my children have today.

Sher: Absolutely. And I realized that all of the teachers that we just mentioned have different faiths and beliefs, but the thing that they all have in common is they always practice the Savior's commandment to love your neighbor. All of them have showed love, patience, and compassion towards me, and this is something all of us can still do. We don't need a school telling us to do this. We can all do this to pass knowledge, wisdom, morals, and biblical principles to children in our lives. 

Cydni: I asked my children. Who their favorite teacher was in preparation, and they all had top teachers, and all of my children mentioned Ms. Bingham. She's [00:30:00] great. She's so wonderful and I thought truly this does describe how Miss Bingham makes my children feel so loved. All three of them are certain that they are her all time favorite student that ever existed along with. Hundreds of other children who feel the same because she was so amazing at Loving and the other person always on there is Ms. King. For all three of my children that she and Miss Binga made my children feel so loved. So when you spoke these words, I thought. That makes sense as to why my children would mention the same women as favorite teachers.

Sher: Those were two good picks. Ms. Bingham and Ms. King, both awesome teachers and incredible examples. 

Cydni: This week we would like to challenge you to ready the children to dust the table and to prepare a meal. And do not complain for your man. Just kidding. Don't do that. We challenge you to not do that. In honor of Catherine. Do not do that. Do not sing, and do not dance, and do not. So this [00:31:00] week, this is our challenge. That is not our challenge, Cydni. Okay, fine. We challenge you to thank a teacher, a teacher who's meant so much to you. Tell them thank you. I

Sher: love that challenge. This brings us to our final thoughts. The true purpose of education goes far beyond memorizing facts or passing tests. Knowledge and wisdom when rooted in moral principles and guided by God bring not only understanding, but also happiness, peace and harmony to individuals and society.

Early American educators like Noah Webster. Catherine Beecher and Booker t Washington recognize this shaping lives through teaching that combined intellect, character, and faith. And just like the teachers who influenced me, Ms. Smith, Mr. Gorley, Ms. Allen, and so many others. they showed that love, patience, and compassion are the heart of true teaching. [00:32:00] Jesus Christ, the master teacher exemplified this in every lesson. All of us can follow his example to teach, guide and inspire.

Even if our schools no longer emphasize biblical principles, we can still pass on knowledge, wisdom, and moral values to the children in our lives. This is our prayer 

Cydni: from Cydni and Sher, , I should think of these ahead of time. 

Sher: It would be helpful, 

Cydni: but I don't wanna do that what if I block inspiration by Prepar? 

Sher: Heaven forbid we do that. I know. We 

Cydni: gotta keep like the airways open? Mm-hmm. For God. Okay. Lemme just jog in place for one second. Okay. I think we're there. We're there. What are you drinking there? So heavily after I talk. Why did you pound that dog? More [00:33:00] than what I have in there. 

Sher: And so today we wanted to talk about teachers that have changed.

The Ma. Rudy's gonna be delightful today. 

Cydni: He's in a mood. I'm trying not to say I think as much 'cause I don't wanna lead people astray. I want 'em to have expectations, That I was thinking No. Okay. Of course not. Okay. So what do I say instead? 

Sher: I, it has a, then I just have to say, then I don't know why I can't. 

Cydni: Why did it slip outta my mind? Probably 'cause I was talking too much. Boo. Okay. Cher, I'm going to now tell you that I wanted to tell you the newest words added to the Webster dictionary because I thought Noah would just absolutely collapse with them. 

Sher: Forget about Noah collapsing. It's probably gonna collapse me. let me 

Cydni: have it. Okay. These are the most recent cash grab. It's a noun, the greedy pursuit of an opportunity for making money, especially when done without regard for ethics, concern, or consequences.

Nepo baby, a person who gained success or opportunities through family connections, especially a child of a famous parent. I think [00:34:00] I'm technically a nepo baby. 'cause my dad was a pig farmer. touch grass. It is to participate in normal activities in the real world, especially as opposed to online experiences. Amen to that one. Hoorah goodbye noun. A concluding remark or gesture at parting,