Ryan J Higgins, Ed.D.
@ryanjhiggins
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1L @TAMULawSchool | Ed.D. - Education Policy | Captain - Army Reserve | Adjunct Professor @TCU | Home Depot Shopper | Love TCU Sports and Public Schools
Joined September 2014
The symbolism of Betsy DeVos having a bookshelf with no books on it ššš
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Teaching The Cold War today and things got a little off track
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Shout out to all the teachers who donāt ask questions in staff meetings. You are my people.
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High School Football is the #1 most effective tool for shaping young men and preparing them to be ethical leaders in the future. Period.
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A guy who played 8 man football in rural Idaho at a school with less than 75 students just got drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. If you can play, it doesn't matter where you are, scouts will find you. (oh and he was a 3 sport athlete) #MultiSport.
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Extracurricular activities in schools are by far the best social program in America for reducing poverty, crime, and homelessness.
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Don't say coaches are "sleeping on you" when you have a 2.2 GPA and can't stay out of trouble. Live life right and success is natural.
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Donated another 20 bucks to @AmyMcGrathKY because Mitch McConnell refuses to act on gun safety bills passed by the House. Would encourage you to do the same, getting him out of DC would be a massive victory for draining the swamp.
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A young white man specifically targeted El Paso because he hated Hispanics. Iām also a young white man, and want my Hispanic friends to know I love you guys and your culture. Your food, your respect for elders, your work ethic. You and your culture make America better.
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This is why I have the rule that nobody gets to yell at the OLine except for the OLine coach. If the coach who knows whatās supposed to happen up front is mad, heās probably right. Otherwise the QB, the RB, parents, donāt get to yell at the OL, because theyāre usually wrong.
Follow 74 for a touchdown. Instead the back does whatever the hell he wants and the OL get blamed for it
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We ran power in team offense today and both guards thought they were the ones pulling and collided into each other behind the center. It's officially football season!.
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People complaining about Tom Izzo is why thereās so many behavior problems in school hallways today.
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Kids tweeting that Obama won't be President tomorrow is why this country needs to study social studies more.
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We had made 3 in a row so I decided to film it. Are you really a football coach until your 7th grade C team kicker does this?
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Professional Development: . We donāt want you to stand and talk in front of a PowerPoint for 8 hours to students so weāre gonna stand and talk for 8 hours in front of a PowerPoint so you know not to stand and talk for 8 hours in front of a PowerPoint.
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āCoach my mom is making me quit my sport because of my gradesā . Because taking away the one structured thing from your life will improve your grades huh?
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Truth talk: high school graduation should not be the high point of your life. Graduating is great but there should be bigger goals out there for you.
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I know Iowa State beat TCU, but holy cow this speech is money. Every football player should listen to this 100 times @CTHS_Football
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Schools should focus on treating coaches so good they donāt want to leave, maybe that way they wonāt end up trying to recruit people to fill 4+ openings in late July.
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The DC for Army watching their offense go 99 yards while taking 12 minutes off the clock
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Reminder going into 2018:. Great schools have great teachers. Great teachers go where they are treated well. Want your school to be great? Itās that simple. Donāt overthink it.
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@Coach_SmithBRHS @abbynormansays You realize itās not good for the profession when quality people donāt have incentives to stay right? People shouldnāt have to be martyrs to be in the profession.
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As we head into new teacher orientation, faculty meeting, and professional development season, letās review the procedures for asking questions at a meeting
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There shouldnāt be a single coach in Texas thinking theyāll vote for Abbott again in his next election. Dude is gutting the system that our communities depend on so he can push his own personal agenda and get money from out of state donors.
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#HackingSchoolDiscipline. Teacher retention is a massive problem and discipline issues in schools is a major reason why. If there are no consequences for negative behaviors students will continue to do them. Being loving does not mean being soft or ignoring bad behaviors.
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The Defensive Coordinator for Air Force while their offense runs 9 minutes off the clock for a TD.
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Any school district that requires coaches to get their CDL should also require all principals, superintendents, and school board members to go through that process too.
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āMy teacher didnāt put my grades in, thatās why I have a bad gradeā . Me:
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Is it just me or are all teachers just absolutely fried this time of year? Seems like I canāt sleep enough and despite caffeine/rest Iām absolutely spent by 2pm.
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āYou can have the best lessons, engaging content, and accurate assessments. But if kids arenāt taught they have to be self motivated itās going to be minimally effectiveā. āSelf motivationā needs to be the new education buzzword .
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This may be my favorite sign I've seen in a locker room ever
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teachers, no matter how tough this year has been (and it has been tough) there are kids looking forward to us and our classes tomorrow. Let's show up and ball out for them and finish this semester strong.
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Throwback to that time in my second year teaching I played Nickelback over my classroom speakers until my students stopped talking and started doing their assignments. They donāt teach classroom management like this in PD.
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Football coaches acting like theyāre epidemiologists right now donāt get to be bothered anymore when the parents in the stands question their play calling this season. Let experts be experts. Stop second guessing experts.
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Itās wild to me that we donāt want to throw resources at our public schools. Every dollar we spend on things that help teachers and students pays off 10x down the road and improves our economy, social fabric, military, etc. Regardless of politics public schools benefit us ALL.
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If youāre a coach and hate when dads in the stands second guess you and your decision making in a game, donāt turn around and second guess health professionals and their decision making when there are literally lives at stake.
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If you're a coach and not vocally anti-racist about this, that means you're more worried about what some good ol' boy on the school board may think than the lives of the young men (and women) we work with.
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The best part of teaching freshmen is when you give instructions 18 times and kids are like āCoach we get it you donāt have to repeat yourselfā and then they start to work and donāt follow the instructions you repeated 18 times.
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Education myth: a high graduation rate = a great school. A lot of times graduation rates are manipulated by shoving kids through credit recovery classes. "Get them across the stage at all costs" does not equal "prepared for life beyond high school"
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The āArt Briles deserves a second chanceā story is such a crock of crap. He has not once apologized or owned his mistake. Iāve lost my temper of said stupid things, and you can apologize and move on. Briles covered up 31+ sexual assaults and has not once shown an ounce of regret.
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Teacher Appreciation Week is a great time to talk about the fact that most of us would rather have affordable health insurance and cost of living pay raises than free snow cones or pencils.
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I legitimately would probably never have gone to TCU or become a coach if not for GP. The amount of football I learned while just playing scout team there is unreal.
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Antonio Brownās parents were probably the parents who called the principal about the teacher who gave their son a bad grade.
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I think every teacher Iāve seen is surviving on straight cough drops, DayQuil, and caffeine the last 2 weeks before Christmas break.
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Inside Zone is the most American football play and anything else is secondary. If George Washington was a football coach his offense would be based off inside zone.
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Notre Dame has "play like a champion" above their door. This is what we put in our OLine meeting room #RewardTheBigBoys
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I remember when he called a teacher retention task force and then proceeded to ignore and even do the opposite of all of the great things they recommended.
This year, I signed laws to get woke agendas out of Texas classrooms and restore parental rights in education. We made great progress, but there is more work to be done. Now is the time for school choice in Texas.
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If you want to get recruited, quit paying a private 7 on 7 coach or private trainer and instead go spend that money on a good SAT prep book. Higher test scores will trump a private coach any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Just got an email itās time to renew my teaching license and they actually make me pay my own money to renew it lol. And they wonder why teachers donāt feel professionally respected or taken care of.
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Just spent 6 hours writing a policy analysis on why and how we need to introduce rigorous physical education back into our schools! Itās a defense, economic, and healthcare issue. Especially now with COVID
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This may be unpopular for some but the ādonāt fail kidsā movement is misguided. Failing a class can be a lesson, and some kids need lessons to learn. It isnāt final or fatal. Teachers are doing everything we can to help kids pass, but we arenāt gonna lie just so they can get a 70.
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Year 8 of coaching football ā
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Lebron just asked out with 7 minutes left in the elimination game and thatās the difference between him and MJ. Talent = the same. But the competitive energy just isnāt even close to the same.
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If you like books, order mine. āThe Money Game Plan for Graduatesā s personal finance book designed for teenagers. $7.99 on Amazon .
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This Hawaiian Bros 2 miles from my house is an absolute problem
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When you wake up and itās Gameday. Calling plays for first time in a HS game, any tips out there?
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Parents - we coaches need you to care about your child's grades as much as you do about their playing time. Grades > PT in the long run.
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@piper4missouri @DeAngelisCorey I met Betsy DeVos and asked her how she could use Title One funds to help ensure teachers arenāt spending their own money for basic school supplies. An aide had to remind her what Title One funds are.
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This is so harmful and out of touch with reality. If I could indoctrinate students I wouldāve indoctrinated them to wear deodorant and bring a pencil to class. While teachers beg for school supplies on Amazon we arenāt delivering meaningful support to them.
Our schools are for education, NOT indoctrination. Laws I signed this year will get woke agendas out of our classrooms and put parents back in charge. To fully empower parents in Texas, we must deliver school choice to every family.
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Got attacked by a coyote while out running today. Went after my dog and had to do something. It got me good but I fought it off
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Refs when Arizona has the ball vs Refs when TCU has the ball
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This is how administrators should support coaches.
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Offensive linemen are the best kind of people in the world. Willing to help others and don't need any recognition for their work.
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Good morning everyone inside zone is the best play in football.
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You can tell a lot about a team by how clean they keep the locker room.
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Great schools have great teachers. Great teachers go where they are treated well. Thus, the secret to great schools = treat teachers well.
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This is what a cancerous attitude looks like. Donāt be like this, kids
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We have an education system that asks teachers to plug in multitudes of socioeconomic holes and do so with a great attitude and minimal compensation, then get shocked when half of teachers leave by Year 5.
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Absolutely nobody is talking about the fact that the Chiefs are starting two backups on the OLine and how that might affect their offense.
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I want to brag on my school district. HEBISD (Hurst Euless Bedford) gives every teacher $250 to spend at Office Depot and makes it insanely easy. Find good teachers and take care of them so they want to stay = success.
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Classroom Management 101: I will play Nickelback on max volume until you all do your work in complete sentences
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@coachmunk @SteeleThoughts Great quote I once heard ālosers do the minimum and blame others when things go wrong. Winners do the most they can and are still worried they didnāt do enoughā.
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As someone who is now officially a former teacher I went in with a ton of excitement and passion, and through 9 years had it beaten out of me with long hours, constant disrespect, petty evaluations, condescending admins lack of autonomy, and combative parents.
The current teacher shortage facing the United States is a "five-alarm crisis," according to Rebecca Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the country.
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Offensive line = most important position in football. Anybody who says otherwise doesn't know football.
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Alzubi is one of the best educators in Texas and anyone who knows her knows Iām not exaggerating.
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Go to class, be nice to your teachers, and turn in all your work. It isnāt hard. I bet you graduate with a 3.0 GPA (at least).
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*teaches 4 class a day*.*coaches 3 sports all year round*.*fundraises over $1,000 for new athletic equipment*.*uses entire thanksgiving break to complete bus driver training and CDL*. *misses ONE MEETING*
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@govols9819 @charliekirk11 100% reality. Hated VIPs coming through. As a platoon leader just meant my platoon had to clean and sweep more.
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Some of the best advice I got from my dad when a coach was being hard on me. "Don't be worried when your coach gets on you, that means he thinks you have potential to be better. The time to worry is if he stops getting on you, that means he doesn't think you have potential.".
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My reaction when I meet a kid who studies, practices, and lifts as hard as they tweet
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People who don't know anything about football think RBs and QBs are what make an offense go. True experts know it's all about the OL.
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