Amine Tais

Bridging gaps btwn my worlds. Proud American. Moroccan roots. Professor of philosophy @ Fresno State. Youth soccer coach @ Albion #GoSeahawks #ViscaBarca

[Amine Tais @aminetais]

During my childhood back in Morocco, we literally played with a small rock as a ball, made balls out of socks, treated the kid that had an actual ball as a king, and loved every part of it. It was particularly fun after we had just watched a ball game on TV and run out to imitate our favorite players.

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In my opinion, the "bio banding" solution simply allows the system to avoid dealing with the real problem, which is the primacy of physicality as a tool to achieve short-term "winning" goals for coaches and clubs at the expense of players that have the mental and technical abilities to develop into higher-level players in the long term. For me, this is just deepening the problems of youth soccer development. Cheers!

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RIP legend! Pelé (1940-2022)

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@htomufc If soccer experts paid any attention, they would have known that he scored two great goals in the last playoff game WCQ game to put Morocco in the World Cup.

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Sad for the loss, but proud of Morocco! Way to represent Africa! Amrabat, Bounou, Hakimi, Ziyech, Boufal, and Ounahi should be household names in international soccer. See you in 2026!!! As a Moroccan-American, I'll be rooting again for #USMNT & #Morocco #FIFAWorldCup

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@ratlautonomy Yes Indeed 😂

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@ratlautonomy It creates a bit of a problem now that I'm teaching from home. I have to excuse myself for a minute to vacuum.

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@ratlautonomy Interesting. This is what I do before every class:

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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! May this holiday season usher in a time of healing after a very difficult year.

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We're all human beings, flawed and struggling to make sense of our world and obligations. Regardless of your situation and social and political positions, be kind to yourself and be charitable to other people around you. The world needs more kindness and charity.

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RIP Diego Armando Maradona (1960-2020). Thank you for the amazing soccer memories. One of the best players ever, if not the greatest of them all.

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Today is @Fresno_State Day of Giving. We in @FSPhilosophy serve students in Philosophy, Religious Studies, Pre-Law, Peace Studies... Consider donating/directing your gift to us. Choose CAH ten choose "philosophy" under Fund Designation.
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Dear @FSPhilosophy and @Fresno_State students, join me and other wonderful students in our Spring semester "Introduction to Islam" class (PHIL 139) where we learn and think about Muslim religious contexts beyond ideological attacks (polemics) and defensive postures (apologetics)

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We know so much more today about most things, but we surely lack wisdom. Wisdom requires slowing down, pondering what we learned, rethinking our assumptions. Who has time for that anymore? We instead immediately transform what we hastily learned into a weapon to undermine others.

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Study philosophy... Think clearly and critically... It pays in more than one way...

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“However, the data suggests that we need more philosophy classes if our students’ employment futures are a prime concern...A study ...found that the net return on investment for a philosophy degree is equivalent to that of an engineering degree.”

https://t.co/FPNvCvILzM

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"When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation ... to do something. Our children and their children will ask us, 'what did you do?'..."
John Lewis. RIP.

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... life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...

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Maybe some form of common sense should be a guide for us when divisive politics are on steroids. It's also a good starting point for those interested in healthy conversations in their communities. Just sayin'...

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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche