Middle Tennessee had a rumored offer with WKU for a life raft from the MAC a few years ago when CUSA was falling apart. They didn’t take it, opting to stay and collect exit fees.
They are 1-5 with losses to FCS Austin Peay and FBS newcomers Kennesaw State and Missouri State.
In the National Championship postgame show, Scott Van Pelt & Rece Davis discuss how faith in Jesus Christ played a central role in Ohio State’s season
“These guys were baptizing people on campus…[Faith] made guys selfless. I think that’s the power in it…”
- Rece Davis (@ReceDavis)
The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:
Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.
A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.
(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).
More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”
Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.
Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.
“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.
This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.
That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
We'd like to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude to all emergency responders & volunteers. From EMTs to firefighters, road crews, rescue squads, all entities of law enforcement & beyond for their service throughout the recent severe weather. And, of course, who could forget our linemen & utility crews??
Pictured here are numerous members of @WarrenRECC, along with helping hands from crews out of Mississippi & beyond, working tirelessly to get the power grid back online across WABBLES. We thank you. Know that what you do doesn't go unnoticed.
We understand some have grown impatient, waiting on our daily necessities we've grown accustomed to. The next time you're feeling that way, don't forget this image of these soaking wet linemen.
While you're sleeping or going about your day, all these individuals are away from their families, pouring their blood, sweat & tears into serving you & yours. #kywx
📸: Cindy Cardwell