Andrew B. Le

High School XCTF Coach | Physiotherapist and Chiropractor

[The Scientific Lens @LensScientific]

"If you find science boring, you're learning it from a wrong teacher."

— Richard Feynman

[J.T. Ayers 🇺🇸 @CoachJTAyers]

How often should a high school hurdler train the opposite leg?

Answer: 1:1 ratio

The goal isn’t just to have a “good” lead leg.

The goal is to be a better hurdler.

Versatility creates consistency.

Eliminate the stutter!

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

College degrees with the highest ROI:

• Engineering
• Computer Science
• Nursing
• Accounting
• Biochemistry

Education majors are among the lowest-ROI bachelor’s degrees financially.

Knowing this, would it affect whether you encourage your child to become a teacher?

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

CBS News visits a Tokyo elementary school to see how Japan’s approach to school lunch, nutrition education and healthy eating habits may help explain why America has an obesity rate 10x the rate in Japan.

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

No pain, no gain.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

It was a Monday morning in August 2023.

For nearly six months, hundreds of truck drivers had been crisscrossing the United States carrying the largest concert production the world had ever seen. They drove through the night. They slept in parking lots and truck stops. They missed family dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, and countless ordinary moments at home.

That was the job.

Then a man entered the room quietly.

There were no cameras. No speeches. No press releases.

He simply walked from person to person, placing a sealed envelope into each driver's hands.

The envelopes were thick. Each one carried a wax seal bearing a monogram. Inside was a handwritten letter.

The drivers opened them carefully.

One glanced at the check and assumed it said $1,000.

Another looked closer and thought it might be $10,000.

Then someone finally said what everyone else was thinking.

"This can't be real."

But it was.

Every check was for $100,000.

The man handing them out was Scott Swift. The letters had been written by his daughter, Taylor, personally thanking each driver for helping make the Eras Tour possible.

For many of them, it was more money than they had ever received in a single bonus.

Industry veterans later called it unprecedented.

But the story didn't end there.

When the Eras Tour finally concluded in December 2024 after 149 performances spanning five continents, the scale of Taylor Swift's generosity became clear.

By the end of the tour, she had distributed an estimated $197 million in bonuses to the people behind the scenes.

Not just performers.

Everyone.

Dancers. Truck drivers. Sound engineers. Stage builders. Caterers. Security staff. Hair and makeup artists. Merchandise workers. Physical therapists. Pyrotechnics crews.

The people most fans never see.

Every department was included.

Every person mattered.

Many also received personal notes expressing her gratitude.

Some employees later described opening their letters and simply sitting in silence.

Others cried.

When asked why she did it, her answer was remarkably simple.

"They worked hard. They deserved it."

The generosity, however, did not begin with the tour.

And it certainly did not end there.

In the early months of the pandemic, while much of the world was shut down, Taylor Swift spent time online reading messages from fans who were struggling.

One freelance photographer worried she would lose her apartment.

A bartender wondered how he would pay his bills while waiting for unemployment assistance.

Without publicity or announcements, Taylor quietly sent thousands of dollars to people who needed help.

The recipients shared the messages themselves because they could hardly believe what had happened.

For many, the money arrived at exactly the moment they thought they had run out of options.

Then came another story.

In 2025, a mother posted a video of her young daughter Lilah, who was battling a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer.

While watching Taylor Swift on a screen, the little girl smiled and pointed.

"That's my friend," she said.

The video spread online.

Not long afterward, the family received news that seemed impossible.

A single anonymous donation had completed their fundraising goal.

The amount was $100,000.

Attached was a message:

"Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah. Love, Taylor."

The family later said it took them nearly half an hour to accept that it was real.

The Eras Tour generated more than $2 billion in ticket sales.

Taylor Swift became one of the most successful entertainers in history through her songs, her performances, and years of relentless work.

But what people continue to remember are not the records.

It is the image of handwritten letters sealed with wax.

It is the truck drivers standing speechless in a meeting room.

It is the struggling fans who found unexpected help when they needed it most.

It is a little girl calling a singer her friend—and discovering that the feeling was returned.

Because sometimes the most remarkable part of success is not how much a person earns.

It is what they choose to do with it.

And in a world where generosity is often announced before it happens, some of Taylor Swift's most meaningful acts were the ones she never announced at all.

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[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

New neurological research reveals that writing by hand activates complex brain networks critical for learning and memory, while typing on a keyboard effectively lets the brain coast on autopilot.

For over two decades, Norwegian neuroscientist Audrey van der Meer has studied how handwriting shapes the human brain.

In a landmark 2024 study published in Frontiers in Psychology, her team utilized high-density EEG caps to track the brain activity of students as they either handwrote with a digital pen or typed on a keyboard.

The results were stark: writing by hand triggered a synchronized burst of neural activity across the entire brain, connecting regions responsible for memory, sensory integration, and active learning. Conversely, when students typed the exact same words, this sophisticated cognitive network collapsed. Because typing relies on repetitive, identical keystrokes, it requires minimal spatial problem-solving, leaving crucial learning centers in the brain quiet and disengaged.

This neurological difference directly impacts how we process and retain information. Earlier research by Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer at Princeton University mirrored these findings, demonstrating that students taking longhand notes consistently outperformed laptop-users on conceptual comprehension tests. While laptop users transcribe lectures verbatim without processing the information, handwriting forces students to listen critically, synthesize ideas, and summarize concepts in real time.

Our brains are part of an embodied, living system. By replacing physically rich activities with frictionless digital keystrokes, we secure quick surface-level efficiency at the cost of deep cognitive engagement.

To truly process information, make better decisions, and keep our minds sharp, the simplest solution is also the most ancient: pick up a pen.

source: van der Meer, A. L. H., & van der Weel, F. R. R. (2024). Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1219945.

[Today I Learned @TodayiLearrned]

This is what knowing physics means. 💡

[The Strickland @TheStrickland]

Head Athletic Trainer Dr. Anthony Goenaga is an NBA Champion after 20+ years with the Knicks

The franchise legend started as a training staff intern in 1995 and currently assists in all areas of medical treatment and physical therapy

[LSU Football @LSUfootball]

All Work

@S_leav10

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Pat Riley shares what culture really is - and why everyone has one whether they know it or not.

"Everybody has a culture. A culture is simply a shared vision of what it is you wanna do to get to where it is you wanna go."

"It's a shared vision of what you have to do to get there."

Culture isn't a slogan. It's a standard everyone commits to.

"It's up to the coach to create the philosophy."
"You can take each one of those acronyms - hard work, conditioning, toughness - and talk about that for 30 minutes. But it has to mean something."

Then he explained what great culture builders do:
"Once you set the tone about what your philosophy is going to be - you have to paint the picture. You paint the picture of what it's going to look like."

Words create the vision. Actions build the culture.

Culture isn’t what you say - it’s what you reinforce daily.

It's shaped by your actions and what you allow.
( 🎥The Why with @DwyaneWade)

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

⚪️ & 🔴 reps.

[Words of Wise | Mindset Coach @Wordofwise_]

“Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are, not as you wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.”

— Rafael Nadal

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Tom Brady shares what he tells every college athlete he meets and it's not what they expect.

"I hope this experience is hard for you. I hope it's not easy."

"I hope today in this game you're losing in the 4th quarter and you look at each other in the eye and try to figure out solutions to how you're gonna win the game."

"That's how you're gonna find out what you're made of."

You find out who you are when you are challenged. Expect adversity. Expect tough moments.

"Life is hard. The challenges of life are hard."

"This program is hard. It's built on toughness. It's built on resilience. And that's what I wanna see from this team."

You can't wish for easy or hope for easy.

Adversity is a gift if you let it be.
(🎥 Fox)

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

Back puttin' in work 💪

[Steve Politi @StevePoliti]

We talked to nearly 100 people about youth sports in New Jersey and found a predatory industry that is leaving parents broke, exhausted and wondering how the games of their childhood took over their adult lives. Our six-month investigation: https://t.co/plE3w618qt

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

Hustle is a habit 💯

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

For teachers, the most important thing not to be afraid of is failure.

Try a new lesson
Call the parent
Teach differently
Hold students accountable
Advocate for the students who want to learn

Some of the best teachers fail constantly. They just refuse to stop trying to improve.

[Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez @RepMGP]

Given that Red Delicious are the worst apples, have you ever wondered why they’re in every school cafeteria? It’s because there’s a list of "approved" apple varieties allowed in schools, and it hasn’t changed since Kmart sold firearms.