My P1 niece, Chloe did her parents extremely proud recently. She was paired with the naughtiest boy in class for a class assignment. Knowing that she would have a hard time getting the boy to work on the assignment, she made a chart with many boxes after school and asked her father for some nice stickers. The next day, she showed her partner the chart and the stickers and promised that she would give tick a box whenever he behaved well and the more ticks he collected, the more stickers he would get. The boy was so thrilled and motivated to fill up the boxes with ticks to get the stickers that he did his best to cooperate with her in the assignment. Their work was assessed by the teacher and Chloe and the boy were named the best-performing team!
What great problem-solving ability and exemplary attitude toward life from a seven year-old girl! Chloe could have just gone to look for the teacher and beg if she could partner with someone else, complain to the teacher that the boy wouldn't cooperate with her, cry and whine to her parents or even threaten the boy that she would inform the teacher if he didn't behave. How often do we adults throw in the towels so easily when we are run into difficulties, even before we could take a step back and think how we could rise to the occasion, how ready are we to grouse and protest that life isn't fair, and how quickly can we brace ourselves during challenging moments and create a win-win situation for everyone?
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