Ant Mestas

👨🏽‍🏫 M.Ed, Proud Dad of a U.S. Soldier 🫡 🇺🇸 and T1D Warrior 💙 💉 🩸 🏀 💍 💍 ⭐️ ⭐️

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

If you have served in public education for 20 years or more, this post is for you.
You are part of the roughly 28% who entered public-school teaching and were still in the profession two decades later.
So for the veteran teachers and staff who have served for 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, and beyond, this is to celebrate you!
You have endured some of the most difficult changes education has ever faced.
You witnessed standardized testing grow into an overwhelming system of high-stakes pressure, excessive data collection, and constant documentation.
You adapted to new standards, new technology, new programs, and an endless cycle of initiatives.
You carried students and families through COVID, even while facing your own fears, losses, and uncertainty.
You have watched respect for educators decline while expectations continued to rise.
You have been asked to do more with less, solve problems you did not create, and meet needs that extend far beyond the classroom.
And yet, you continued to show up.
You taught the lesson again.
You encouraged the struggling student.
You supported the overwhelmed colleague.
You welcomed the nervous parent.
You kept schools functioning during some of the toughest years education has ever experienced.
Most people will never fully understand what it takes to dedicate decades of your life to serving students, families, and communities. They will never know how many evenings, weekends, personal dollars, and pieces of your heart you have invested.
There are adults walking through the world today who are stronger, wiser, and more confident because you once believed in them.
To every teacher and staff member who has served for 20 years or more:
Thank you for your dedication.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your wisdom.
Thank you for caring for our children.
Thank you!

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

This prayer has protected generations of the faithful:

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the
wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits, who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.🙏🏻

[Manu Ginobili @manuginobili]

Let's say it again... "The Spurs are the Western Conference Champions!". My first one as a fan!

[𝐎𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 @opolot_ronnie]

If you don't love the Spurs Nuns, you don't love NBA basketball. This is the heart of San Antonio. ✝️🏠🤍

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

You’re old

But are you this old?

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

When kids choose NOT to brush their teeth, should we blame the dentist? Obviously not.

Why do we blame teachers when students choose NOT to complete even the most simplest of assignments?

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

When a good teacher chooses to leave the job, do not rush into filling the position. Rush into fixing the reason they left.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

During my first year of teaching, there was a veteran teacher near my classroom with nearly thirty years of experience. She was methodical, well prepared, deeply professional, and ran a calm, well-managed classroom.

One day, I watched our assistant principal—someone who hadn’t taught in a classroom for over a decade—reprimand her for the way she managed her students.

I was stunned.

Sadly, this wasn’t an isolated moment. It reflects a pattern that shows up far too often in education: veteran teachers being treated like children by people who haven’t run a classroom in years.

[Dan Hurley @dhurley15]

He is Risen. 🙏🏻✝️

[Nicki 🫧🪷 @nickimoraa]

When did teacher’s attire take a turn? Teachers today dress like they are all teaching PE. Growing up all my teachers wore heels, dresses, slacks, dress shirts, hair was done. They looked put together. Teachers today look like they don’t care. the way you show up contributes to the environment you work in. this may be one of the factors into why kids behave the way they do. take the profession seriously so the kids can take you seriously

[Biased Notre Dame Fan @CFBGuy999]

“Never tell your problems to anyone. 80% don’t care; and the other 20% are glad you have them”

- Lou Holtz

[Notre Dame Football @NDFootball]

Remembering the life and legacy of Lou Holtz

[Sean Strickland @Coach__Strick]

I’ve had some REALLY knucklehead parents over 30 years of coaching🥴 1 wrote a letter to editor every year saying I was worst coach ever🤦🏼‍♂️

But I’ve NEVER punished a kid for anything their parent did or said. They can’t control what the adults do🤷🏼‍♂️

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Bobby Hurley, who is one of the most accomplished basketball people of all time, from one of the most accomplished basketball families, is really struggling

Few people that haven’t coached with pressure understand this feeling - emotional warfare

[Tyler Thompson @MrsTylerKSR]

Kentucky plays St. John's one month from tomorrow. Can we get Pope to channel his old coach with this team before then?

[The Jamboree Showcase @thejamboreewtx]

Player of the game
Goddard vs Canutillo
Isaiah Mestas
Goddard, #23
2026, 5’10, G
18 points
4.2 GPA

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

To those who serve, these two words are so simple yet so full of emotion. Thank you! 🇺🇸

[Project Blue November @PBlueNovember]

#warrior #T1D #Type1Diabetes