Ramona Staton Dash

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@Baghurst As more talented athletes leave for private schools through vouchers, public schools may find it difficult to retain/hire experienced coaches.

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@ChrissieEvert Chrissie, it was an absolute privilege seeing you dedicate ct 1 as the Chrissie Evert court at last year's Orange Bowl 🍊 Prayers and get better 🙏

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@SirLazarus555 Serena’s comeback feels more about Venus than Serena. Venus deserves to retire with the grace and prestige she’s earned, ideally with Serena beside her on the doubles court. Together, they defined 15 years of Grand Slam tennis. This is the end of an era.

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@hicasamadim 72

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@RedWavePress Some parents invest earlier than this where kids skip kindergarten believing the early years (2–6) are the most important for learning.

Different approaches, same pressure from school and sports moving faster than before. As parents we've adapted.

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@RedWavePress I think more parents are holding athletes back because academics became much tougher after No Child Left Behind. Add year-round sports, rankings, and scholarship pressure, and some kids simply need more developmental time. As a tennis parent, I understand it.

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@myacatt51 @MyLordBebo I fell for the trap and didn't make my probationary period. Lesson learned.

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@myacatt51 @MyLordBebo This happened to me! Having an open door policy to the most toxic employees.

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This was a good watch 🎥📚
Made me think differently about studying and learning 🧠

[Kyronis @kyronis_talks]

A community college professor named Marty Lobdell taught the same study skills lecture for 30 years. The video quietly became one of the most watched educational recordings online, with over 10 million views.

He spent his career watching students fail not because they were lazy, but because no one had taught them how their brain actually works when learning something difficult.

The lecture, “Study Less Study Smart,” contains a powerful framework.

Your brain cannot sustain focus the way most people believe. Studies show the average learner hits a wall between 25 and 30 minutes. After that, efficiency collapses. You’re still sitting there, but almost nothing is being absorbed.

Lobdell told the story of a student who planned to study 6 hours a night, 5 nights a week. Thirty hours total. She failed every class. She was not lacking effort. She was confusing time near books with actual learning. The fix is simple: when focus drops, stop, take a 5 minute rewarding break, then return. That reset makes a massive difference.
He also destroyed the myth of highlighting and re reading. Recognition is not the same as recall. To prove it, he read 13 random letters. Almost no one remembered them. Then he turned them into “Happy Thursday.” The entire room recalled them instantly. The brain stores meaning, not repetition.

This is why elaborative encoding works so well.

Finally, he shared the most important principle: 80 percent of study time should be active recitation. Close the book and explain the material in your own words. Teach it to someone else or an empty chair. Retrieval is where real learning happens.

His closing line stuck with me: If this information does not change your
behaviour, you have not actually learned it.

The best students do not study more hours. They stop confusing the feeling of studying with the reality of learning.

[Kyronis @kyronis_talks]

A community college professor named Marty Lobdell taught the same study skills lecture for 30 years. The video quietly became one of the most watched educational recordings online, with over 10 million views.

He spent his career watching students fail not because they were lazy, but because no one had taught them how their brain actually works when learning something difficult.

The lecture, “Study Less Study Smart,” contains a powerful framework.

Your brain cannot sustain focus the way most people believe. Studies show the average learner hits a wall between 25 and 30 minutes. After that, efficiency collapses. You’re still sitting there, but almost nothing is being absorbed.

Lobdell told the story of a student who planned to study 6 hours a night, 5 nights a week. Thirty hours total. She failed every class. She was not lacking effort. She was confusing time near books with actual learning. The fix is simple: when focus drops, stop, take a 5 minute rewarding break, then return. That reset makes a massive difference.
He also destroyed the myth of highlighting and re reading. Recognition is not the same as recall. To prove it, he read 13 random letters. Almost no one remembered them. Then he turned them into “Happy Thursday.” The entire room recalled them instantly. The brain stores meaning, not repetition.

This is why elaborative encoding works so well.

Finally, he shared the most important principle: 80 percent of study time should be active recitation. Close the book and explain the material in your own words. Teach it to someone else or an empty chair. Retrieval is where real learning happens.

His closing line stuck with me: If this information does not change your
behaviour, you have not actually learned it.

The best students do not study more hours. They stop confusing the feeling of studying with the reality of learning.

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@DefiantLs These are concentrations not actual degrees.

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@marieatackett @Maga4liberty First-time workers were actually glad when COVID caused the coin shortage because it meant they didn’t have to really count back change anymore smh.

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@rnmenterprises @Maga4liberty And it baffles me when teachers tell my kid that your mom is completing the problem the old school way. Well, here you go! I'm more cognitively sharper:)

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@Maga4liberty What does this say about online degrees and certificates?

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@zipper28803 @MegynKellyShow @PatrickMcEnroe Yes, they do. A lot of international players enter the U.S. tennis pipeline early through academies, exchange programs, and citizenship pathways with the goal of eventually playing college tennis here.

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@aakashgupta Colleges added more staff because schools were dealing with more rules, student support services, legal issues, and technology needs. The issue is that many colleges kept growing these departments even though fewer students were expected to attend college over time.

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@drantbradley We’re asking 18-year-olds to take on debt before they’ve ever worked in the field. Expand apprenticeships so people can earn and build skills before committing to college loans.

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@seazen_17 @MiamiOpen I'm confused. Stadium tickets gives you access to the ground. Why would you need to get into the stadium if it's closed due to rain?

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@StoolTennis What happened? My daughter received her autograph on Monday whaaattt

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@NoSoyZone @HustleBitch_ I ordered a birthday cake from someone I found on Instagram after checking their Facebook reviews, so yea.