Kari Breeding

Mom, Mimi, Wife, Principal to my beloved Freedom Patriots, believer that eduction is the great equalizer, horse woman, lover of all things western.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

Preach!

[Kirk Rollins @nicoraytruth]

I just want Mormons to be Mormons.

Stop being ashamed of past doctrine. Stop auditioning for mainstream approval. Stop going soft.

You are a force of nature. You survived an extermination order. You survived a federal army sent to break you. They killed your prophet and you answered by building a kingdom in the desert. Your ancestors pulled handcarts through the snow and spoke in tongues in the temple. Be the pioneers. Embrace your past. Ask for the gifts again.

Nobody crossed the plains for a politically correct religion, and nobody will stay for one.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@educator4ever36 Gee…. Who’d a thunk it???? What a massive disservice we did to our children.

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

There is nothing “wrong” with textbooks, paper, pencil, or physical books.

We were just convinced by tech companies that there was.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@educator4ever36 I think that depends on where you live. Many public schoools in Utah
outperform private and charter schools on most metrics including academic outcomes.

[Thoughtful-Faith @ThoughtfulSaint]

Yep

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

Ditto…

[Dr Manhattva @Manhattva]

To my Latter-day Saint ancestors,

Who settled a land mass almost twice the size of the original 13 colonies,

In a part of the world so barren and dry that most thought it was impossible.

Who faced extermination orders from governments, and fled from state to state,

Fled murderous mobs,

Went to war with the United States Army, and won…

I thank you for your sacrifices and bravery, and praise God for your preservation.

Happy Pioneer Day.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@educator4ever36 I just have to say….. I stayed home and raised kids and didn’t start teaching until later in life. I was a highly effective teacher right out of the gate and was encouraged to go into administration after 8 years of teaching. It’s not the years but more about effectiveness.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@AndrewBragg5555 Now go to Bryce Canyon!

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@beryl_byrdie Yes!!

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@MrDanielBuck Yes, we use a consequence heiarchy and have had extensive PD on it. Students know exactly what will happen after a warning and a reminder. Consistently is the key.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

You will know them by their fruits.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

“Mormons turned a swamp into a metropolis. Then they turned a desert into an empire. It’s the most American story.”

Their religious beliefs take them to Missouri. Neighbors learn they are anti-slavery and violently drive them out.

They go to Illinois and turn a swamp into a city that rivals Chicago. Only to have violent mobs run them out.

They walk toward Utah. Hoping to find a safe place to gather.

Jim Bridger mocks them. He bets $1,000 they can’t grow crops in Utah. They continue anyway.

The Utah soil is so hard it breaks their plows. So they engineer a way to water a desert.

Their crops grow. Salt Lake City sprawls. They expand. Latter-day Saints settle 500 towns across the West. A network of farms, commerce, and faith.

Their women become the first women to vote. They elect America’s first female state senator.

Their women organize themselves. With very little training, they create a system that lowers infant mortality to among the lowest rates in the country.

When the Depression hits, Latter-day Saints implement the most effective welfare program in the country. Decades later, Ronald Reagan studies it and calls it a model for the country. Its impact is seen today as Utah has the lowest usage of federal food assistance in the country.

The pursuit of knowledge and science becomes a hallmark. They start universities. They send their smartest men and women back east to learn the latest ideas and bring them back.

They are innovative. Technology that changes the world emerges from their culture. The television. The artificial heart. The weapons that won WWII. The beginnings of the internet.

The work ethic and cooperation that propelled them to develop the American West continues today. Their outsized influence on the world is famous.

They know religious persecution better than most. So they champion religious freedom for all, even those they disagree with.

Sociologists are obsessed with their outcomes. A Princeton researcher studied teens in America. She concluded that “Mormon teens are faring best.” Harvard data recently found that kids who grow up in Latter-day Saint homes are the most likely to say they feel loved by both parents. Other national studies consistently find them to be the happiest people in the country.

Gallup finds they are the most observant Christians in the country, a dedication to their faith that is unrivaled. Pew Research finds they know many Bible stories better than any other Christians.

A swamp became a metropolis. A desert became an empire. A persecuted people became the happiest in America. That’s the most American story ever told.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

Correct…

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

The best and most effective SEL program is a solid reading and math program that address struggles early and assures all students learn.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

Our country had overcome so much🇺🇸

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@FiredUpCoug The Boys in the Light, by Nina Willner. You will love it!

[Cassie Clark @dogwoodblooms]

Read Hillbilly Elegy and you might gain some glimmer of an idea of what the typical hillbilly family experiences: poverty, drug addiction, alcoholism, abuse, and families who stick together.

For most, that becomes a cycle. Repeated generation after generation.

Hillbilly kids? We didn’t dream big. We dreamed about survival.

But JD? He didn’t just survive, he made it all the way to the White House. And he did that without being ashamed of where he came from or sweeping it under the rug.

He embraced being a hillbilly. He’s worn it like a suit of armor.

That’s not just powerful. To people like me? It’s f’n heroic. 🇺🇸❤️

[Doog @doogadoo11]

The average reading level of an adult in the United States is the 7th to 8th grade level.

This explains so much.

We can’t be great again until this is fixed.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@gtmom @MrZachG More than likely the teacher didn’t teach to the rigor of the standard (standardized test). Happens all the time.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@SamanthaRedeemd Going into debt for your degree is silly…. There is an affordable way to do it. However, if you are a religious person keep in mind that knowledge and love is all you get to take with you. I’m grateful that my knowledge increased as I earned my degrees.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@carlaskaufel Same…. Wish I could do it all over again.

[Kari Breeding @BreedingKari]

@amelia_tweetz As a married couple whose children have all launched, I deal with the same problem.