Our Fall Family Night “Ready, Set, College” went great! Our sophomore presentations were AMAZING! #AVIDFamily
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Thank you to @JoeTrahan and @wfaa for choosing me as the WFAA scholar athlete of the week . I am very proud to represent @LHSFball and @modle1112 as I contribute to strive for excellence.
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All we need are our AVID Freshmen Families to get our banquet started! #AVIDFamily @AVID4College @avidlisd @LHSKillough
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Tonight we celebrated our very own @LHSKillough teacher of the year Kara Jones. She is the best of the best! Our students are fortunate to have a teacher that is as committed as Mrs. Jones!
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A century ago, Germany’s democracy was hijacked by a bombastic and charismatic tyrant — and in this five-minute video, you’ll learn how he did it. Why did I produce this? Because I believe that history is speaking to us, and all too often, those who refuse to learn from it are doomed to repeat it.
As you watch, imagine filling out a Bingo card filled with Germany 1933/USA 2024 parallels: big rallies, rage-filled and hateful rhetoric, simple answers promising quick and easy solutions to complicated problems, empty promises of a great-again future, scapegoating outsiders, and political enemies silenced on day one. And notice the caring wisdom and concern from my German friends as they share these lessons from their dark history.
It’s hard to understand how Trump could, on the eve of a tight election, paint a picture of Liz Cheney before a firing squad by actually saying, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let’s see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face.” You can’t get into the mind of a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power — but you can recognize the playbook they all seem to follow.
Just watch this clip. It’s excerpted from my hourlong public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” which is streaming free (and ad-free) at ricksteves.com/fascism. If you care about our democracy and love our country, it’s hard to stop watching.
When I produced this in 2018, I hoped this day would never come in our country. But November 5th is upon us. Please share this with anyone in your life who might need a reminder that the stakes are high...and this is very real.
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AVID Fall Family Night-We had a successful potluck dinner, had some round robin table converstions, read an article about why parents should stop texting their kids at school, and finally 3 wonderful junior and senior AVID leaders who spoke.@AVID4College @LHSKillough @loridrapp
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Started our 31st year of teaching today!!!! Good luck to all our teaching friends! #AVIDMatters @avidlisd
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"Perfection is impossible.
In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.
But what percentage of points did I win?
54%
In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play.
When you lose ever second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.
You teach yourself to think:
'Okay, I double faulted...it's only a point.'
'Okay, I came to the net and I got passed again...it's only a point.'
Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist – that too is just a point.
Here's why I'm telling you this.
When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is.
But when it's behind you, it's behind you.
This mindset is crucial – because it frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus."
–@rogerfederer
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