Gail Gardner

Congratulations, @MarshaCollier #3 is quite an accomplishment! I'm privileged to have known you so long. Never surprised to see you near the very top of these lists. And thrilled to crack the Top 50 myself for the first time!

I like these. Clear, easy to understand, actionable = good to guide #smallbiz owners in simply conversion optimization. Julie @NewHorizons123 I'd like to put some of these in my content, especially this one.

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More tech in schools = lower mental capability in students.

130 schools said no. He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway. Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami. He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed. So did FIU. So did FAU. So did everyone else. At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs. Not one FBS offer. His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path. Everyone told him to be “realistic.” “Know your place.” “Be grateful.” He didn’t listen. Because Mendoza understood something most people miss: The worst outcome isn’t failing. It’s never getting the chance to try. Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang. Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools. He took it. He arrived as the third-string quarterback. Spent a year on the scout team. Lost his first four starts. Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line. Still got up. Every time. Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him. So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes. He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history. People laughed. “Career suicide.” “Graveyard program.” “Nobody wins there.” One coach told him something different: “I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.” That was enough. Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football. His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years. Before every snap, he thought of her. “My mother is my why.” Indiana went 16–0. Beat six Top-10 teams. Won their first Big Ten title since 1945. Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns. Won the Heisman—first in school history. First Cuban-American to ever do it. Then came the title game. Miami. Near his hometown. Fourth-and-4. Season on the line. Quarterback draw. The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone. Game over. Indiana—national champions. The losingest program became the best team in America. All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end. Rankings don’t decide your ceiling. Gatekeepers don’t write your ending. Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point. Sometimes all you need is one shot… and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will. Don’t quit. Credit: Barclay Mullins

I am going to keep saying that the public school system is no place for your children. I will say it with feeling, and with love. But I won’t stop. The public schools are consistently more liberal, Marxist, and humanist every year. You don’t have to just worry about sex-Ed classes anymore. The indoctrination (Yes- that’s what it is) is saturating every subject. Math is taught with “diversity and inclusion,” science is never ever neutral, history is decidedly biased against you, your God, and your patriotism, and writing assignments include all of the above. Homeschooling isn’t just a choice about which building Johnny sits in to read his social studies textbook every day. It’s about a very different kind of upbringing. The public school experience is the complete package of everything the children of Christians should avoid: secular, anti-God education, thousands of unsupervised hours with peers from all backgrounds, radical teachers, and a state and federal education system that is bent on making everyone oppressed, racist, and sexually confused. Homeschooling means kids grow up learning about that 👆🏻 world from their parents, with biblical instruction, conversation, and critical thinking. It’s not about shelter, necessarily; but I don’t know why you wouldn’t want shelter from everything I just mentioned. I’m not going to apologize for telling it like it is. I would regret that someday I’d have to apologize for not saying it enough.

Had a great time sitting down with @AlexHormozi. We go deep on several topics, and there are so many great, real moments in this one. Podcast episode out now on The Game with Alex Hormozi.

What's my prediction for the future of homeschooling? More microschools. There will be more & more families getting together over shared values to build community. And it can't come fast enough!♥️

Be aware @wunderground forecasts are NOT ACCURATE Mine says current it is 33 on the main page, 26 when I click on "full forecast" and 31 if I check by the hour. Big difference between 26 and 33!

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What happens in education isn't incompetence - it is by design. It was bad in the 1960s to early 1970s when I attended. And it gets worse every single year. It was bad when they pushed illiteracy by eliminating phonics (more than once). But what is going on now is over the top!

If you love your children, do NOT send them to public school.

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Happy New Year!

Julie @NewHorizons123 offers creative ways pediatric dentists can use video to acquire new patients. Her post includes a brand new dental research infographic. From Google Search to Dental Chair: Video Marketing for Pediatric Dental SEO That Calms Kids newhorizons123.com/pediatric-dent…

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Don't know about you but I love the colour of this hoodie by @blueglass

Rural SE Oklahoma boonies just got real high-speed broadband internet access. @AtlinkServices just jumped me from 25 Mbps down to 267 Mbps down and from 2.9 Mpbs to 42.45 Mbps up. Check out my @Speedtest result! How fast is your internet? speedtest.net/result/1847407… #speedtest

Not cool @HomeDepot. Do you just not want any older shoppers? We sign up and can't get that $5 credit to shop online much less the $50 in store credit if we don't use a smartphone? Wait until you're over 40 and need larger print. Or over 60 pushing 70. Our $ go elsewhere?