Elizabeth Perez

[Texas Association of School Boards @tasb_news]

New poll: Texans think lawmakers should prioritize teacher pay and public school funding in a special session. Not vouchers. https://t.co/adoo0tM5rU #txed #txlege

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

With the new school year about to begin, let’s remember that not every student went on a family vacation, visited an amusement park, explored nature or met new friends at a sleepover camp in the woods.

Some students summer highlights include having a roof over their head and just enough food to survive.

These students have been counting the days to return to school for safety, consistency, support, friendship, nutrition, and hope for the future!

Thank you for everything you do for our students!

#maslowbeforebloom

Twitter @drp_Principal

Join us at the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group: https://t.co/015cLKjJ1m

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

On the 27th straight day of filming “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks was tired & worried.

During a scene on the famous park bench, Hanks stopped & said to director Bob Zemeckis,

“Hey, Bob…is anybody going to care about this movie? I don’t think anybody’s going to care.”

Bob replied,

“It’s a minefield, Tom. You never know what’s good…It’s a minefield! It’s a goddam minefield! We may be sowing the seeds of our own destruction.”

Tom Hanks told this story after he was asked, “When I ask for a memory from your career, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?”

He said that what Zemeckis said was true of every movie he’s worked on:

“There’s never any guarantee...You do not know if it is going to work out.”

Takeaway 1:

Hanks is the 5th-most highest-grossing actor of all time.

And yet, the stickiest memory of his career is the feeling of uncertainty.

Rarer than talent or work ethic, the poet John Keats wrote, is the ability to step into and push through doubts and uncertainties.

In 1817, Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization.

“At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.”

Keats explains that “Negative Capability” is “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”

Takeaway 2:

Those who possess Negative Capability, who can sit with uncertainty, who can spend months or years in the minefield that is working on something while knowing that there is a real possibility no one will care about it—they often possess another quality.

They do what they do, not as a means to some end (money, fame, awards, etc.), but for the sake of doing it.

When asked about one of his movies that commercially failed, Hanks said,

"I loved making that movie. I loved writing it, I loved being with it. I love all the people in it."

As Ryan Holiday once told me, "The work has to be the win."

You control the effort, he says, not the results.

"So ultimately, you have to love doing it. You have to get to a place where doing the work is the win and everything else is extra.”

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“Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get.” — Forrest Gump

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[Elizabeth Perez @perezlibby]

I’m making sure to read up as much as possible on school finance issues in the Texas Legislature this summer. The more I learn, the madder I get…come on Texas, we can do better for our kids!
https://t.co/xV6f6DN64o

[G3X News @G3XNews]

@ValaAfshar Perfect gentleman. Love it. @DjokerNole

[Elizabeth Perez @perezlibby]

@LaurenBoyher @Cambridge_AH This was stunning to see! Absolutely amazing!

[Alamo Heights ISD @AHISD]

At last night's Board Meeting, Howard Supported Classroom Paraprofessionals were honored with the Spotlight on Excellence, Amanda Lawrence was honored for Powering the Profile & we recognized TAFE National Qualifiers & State Swimming and Diving Qualifiers- https://t.co/KGUG1AR2z5

[AH Mules Football @ahmulesfootball]

Final day of camp and ITS A GREAT DAY TO BE A MULE🔥🔥

[Elizabeth Perez @perezlibby]

@McConaughey This may be your greatest legacy in life besides your children. Thank you for standing up for what’s right.

[Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey]

responsibility https://t.co/V5MTw0yXal

[Alamo Heights Education Program @AHHSTeachclass]

It’s awesome to see the growth not only of our student teachers but the kinder students who showed me their reading skills this morning. AHISD is a great place to learn and work! ⁦@cdolat⁩ ⁦@AHHSPrincipal⁩ ⁦@AHHSmules⁩ ⁦@AHISD⁩

[Alamo Heights Boys Soccer @AHboysSoccer]

The future is bright for our @AHboysSoccer program! These 7th, 8th and 9th grade Mules showed tremendous effort this week!
✅ 2021 Summer Camp! #MulesUp
@AHISDAthletics @AHHSmules

[Elizabeth Perez @perezlibby]

@yogakarmasa I’m so happy for you, Kim! You will be missed!

[Jennifer DeLeon @jenndeleon76]

Cambridge is excited to send home 20+ bags filled with summer clothes for these sweet students. Thankful for a community that supports this project! @Cambridge_AH @AHClothesCloset @AHISD

[Kimberly Culp @yogakarmasa]

These precious angels sang Happy birthday to me & I nearly cried. I can’t think of a better way to start my day!! #dowhatyoulove #lovewhatyoudo #imaluckygirl

[Kimberly Culp @yogakarmasa]

“No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.”(James Comer) #ahhs #howardecc #miniteacher #profileofalearner #buildingabetterfuture #ahisdmystory

[HowardLibrary @howard_library]

Shop till you drop!! Howard book fair is happening all week! @AHISD @HowardAHISD @Scholastic @perezlibby

[littleBits @littleBits]

Everyone knows a “that" kid, and those kids grow up to be Changemakers. For every 100 RTs of this video, we’ll give a Code Kit to a classroom to help at-risk kids! Learn more here https://t.co/q6HB5H3x0p #MakingChangemakers #littleBits #STEM

[Heights Clothes Closet @AHClothesCloset]

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