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Are we helping kids… or teaching them to run from hard things?
I see this all the time in schools.
A student has a problem with a teacher, coach, classmate, or situation, and too often the first response is to remove the problem.
Switch the class.
Quit the team.
Avoid the conversation.
Have the parent step in and fix it.
I understand the instinct. We don’t want to see our kids struggle.
But Dr. Becky Kennedy said something powerful:
“The more you optimize for happiness in childhood, the more you actually wire for anxiety in adulthood.”
Kids need to learn that disappointment is survivable.
Conflict is survivable.
Failure is survivable.
Being uncomfortable is survivable.
Sometimes the best thing we can do for kids isn’t remove the hard thing.
It’s help them learn how to walk through it.
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Congratulations to our head volleyball coach @oglesby_mark on his 250th win here at Oconee! We love celebrating our coaches and kiddos at The OC! @OconeeVB
That’s our All State Captain! Good luck Petra
GAME DAY!
🏐: Barton vs. Belmont Abbey
📍: Wilson, N.C. (Wilson Gymnasium)
🕰️: 6⃣:0⃣0⃣ p.m.
📹📊: bartonbulldogs.com
#BartonBold . #BCBulldogs . @ConfCarolinas . @BartonVB
Congratulations to our 2025 team for making Academic Team Honor Roll!
It is another banner year for the AVCA Team Academic Award!
For the 2025-26 year, 1,432 programs are earning the award, which is based on the cumulative GPA of the entire team being at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale).
avca.org/award/2026-avca-tea…
#WeAreAVCA
That is our floor captain @FendleyKimbroVB !
These playmakers are setting up for success for the 2026 Georgia high school volleyball season! 🏐🔥
Mount Paran’s Avery Kohler leads the top returning assists leaders after dishing out 1,135 last season.
🏐 @mtparanschool @MPCAthletics
🏐 @CHS_GA
🏐 @FendleyKimbroVB @OCHSwarriors @OCHS_Athletics @OconeeVB
🏐 @SEHS_Athletics
🏐 @RamblerReady
🏐 @SHSPhoenix
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Good players perform.
Great players elevate.
Nick Saban: “You have to cause them to play better by the way you play.”
Leadership in action.
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Here is our updated youth camps for this summer! Baseball will hold a camp July 20-22.
Go Warriors!
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Registration is continuing for the Oconee County and North Oconee Youth Athletic Camps. Sessions are being offered during May, June, and July, giving #OconeeFamily students plenty of opportunities to stay active, build skills, and have fun. Spaces are limited, so reserve yours today. All registrations are handled through GoFan, making it quick and easy to sign up.
oconeeschools.org/26youthcam…
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Ahhhhh!!!!! This is insane!!!
1.7mil is INCREDIBLE!!!!!🥹📈
Last Sunday, 1.4M viewers tuned in to the 2025 D1 @NCAAVolleyball Championship
🏆 @AggieVolleyball vs @KentuckyVB was the 2nd most-watched #NCAAVolleyball Championship EVER
🏆 Peak: 1.7M viewers
🏆 Most-consumed @NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament ON RECORD
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Pat Summitt said, "Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure."
Fear of failure can be paralyzing. You stop:
- Risking.
- Reaching.
- Becoming who you could be.
Here's how to reframe failure - and take back control:👇
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“I care less about mistakes and I care more about responses. I don’t care about the mistake that got us there. I care about what we’re going to do next. We talk a lot about mental strength and mental fortitude and the skills that go into that. They’re able to be themselves,” Jamie Morrison
@TAMU
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Life is about choices.
Here are 8 choices we all have to make.
1. Attitude is a Choice
2. Character is a Choice
3. Work Ethic is a Choice
4. Leadership is a Choice
5. Consistency is a Choice
6. Commitment is a Choice
7. Daily Habits are a Choice
8. Encouragement is a Choice
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"You can never have entitlement.
You can never have complacency."
Today, trade:
Expectations for execution
Excuses for ownership
Comfort for consistency
You’re not owed outcomes.
You’re given opportunities.
Own the moment. Earn the result.
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“To be successful at anything, you don’t have to be special.
You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it. No shortcuts.”
— Tom Brady
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2nd Rd volleyball vs. Islands at 11am. OCHS students get in free thanks to a local business! Go Warriors! @OconeeVB
