JR Pooley

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

We don’t have a classroom management problem.
We have an emotional regulation crisis that teachers are being asked to handle.
Somehow, “classroom management” has turned into:
• de-escalating trauma
• supporting anxiety and depression
• calming panic attacks
• breaking up fights
• being cursed at, threatened, and even assaulted
• being the counselor, social worker, and crisis team
And at the same time…
we remove the very things that actually help:
• recess
• movement
• art
• play
• connection
Teachers aren’t trained for this.
And they shouldn’t have to be.
Classroom management was never meant to do all of this.
It’s about:
relationships
rules
routines
responsibility
That’s it.
It was never designed to replace what families, communities, and systems failed to provide.
And until we stop offloading every societal failure onto schools,
teachers will keep drowning under expectations no human can meet.

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

Happy Easter to Blugold Nation!

#ROLLGOLDS x #CTM

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

Congratulations to our Players of the Week for Game 7!

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[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

TOGETHER WE CLIMB.

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[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

The Climb is off to a HOT start!!! Relive the Blugolds BIG Week 1️⃣ victory from Thursday Evening!

#ROLLGOLDS x #CTM

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

Congrats to our Players of the Week. We are proud of these men for leading The Climb in Week 1!

#ROLLGOLDS x #CTM

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

GREAT win!

S/o to the @uwec_bands and Blugold faithful who braved the elements and were rocking Carson Park ALL NIGHT LONG.

#ROLLGOLDS x #CTM

[Kyle Farnsworth @24_7Farnsworth]

This is part of the problem!

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

Athlete: Coach… I think I want to quit.

Coach: Okay. Then let’s talk about why.

Athlete: I’m tired. All the early mornings, the pain, the pressure. Sometimes I wake up and wonder what I’m even doing this for.

Coach: That’s not quitting. That’s being human. Doubt shows up when you’re close to something that matters.

Athlete: But I’m not even sure I’m good enough. I look around and see people stronger, faster… happier.

Coach: Comparison is a liar. It shows you everyone’s surface but hides their struggle. You don’t need to be better than them. You need to be better than yesterday.

Athlete: What if I never win? What if I give everything and still fall short?

Coach: Then you’ll walk away with something most never touch—truth. The kind you only find when you’ve emptied yourself for something bigger than comfort.

Athlete: So… you think I should keep going?

Coach: I think you already know the answer. You wouldn’t be having this conversation if you truly wanted to stop. You just want someone to remind you that it’s worth it.

Athlete: It hurts, Coach. Some days, it really hurts.

Coach: Good. That means you care. And nothing worth having comes without pain. Now breathe. You’ve made it through every hard day so far.
Most quit before the breakthrough!

Don’t be like most!

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

Blugolds 🤝 Legnano Frogs

#ROLLGOLDS x #CTM

[Blugold Football @UWECFootball]

Bags are packed and the Blugolds are ready to roll.

Next stop, Italia🇮🇹

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[John Perry @jperry_nixa]

Play em all! Stay away from the idiots!

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We've got a youth sport crisis.

70% of kids quit sports by 13.
64% experience high levels of fear of failure.
60% report overwhelming pressure to perform

Adults need to stop ruining sports.

My manifesto on youth sports for parents and coaches. Link below.

[JR Pooley @JRPooley]

Congrats Hank!

[Hank Artz @ArtzHank]

Committed 🦫#grindtheaxe

[KSUM/KFMC/KEMJ - City Of Lakes Media @FairmontRadio]

Congratulations to Fairmont Boys Basketball players named to the Big South All Conference team

Levi Pooley, All Conference

Oliver Tordsen, Honorable Mention

#FightOn

[JR Pooley @JRPooley]

@colewiemers15 @levipooley @WartburgFB @winterc22 @Coach_Tschetter @FairmontFB Congrats Cole!