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Dwight Carter

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Director of Student Support Systems; father, author, speaker, leadership coach. OHASCD Board President. Views are my own. #CopeAdjustTransform #BeGREAT #EduSky #CTE

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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at." –Jesse Owens

Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

05.02.2026 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” -Cicely Tyson

Make it a great day...or not. The choice is yours.
#BeGREAT

03.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” -Angela Davis

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09.01.2026 11:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.”
-St. Jerome

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07.01.2026 12:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The antidote to anxiety is not calmness, it’s curiosity.” -Laura Gilbert

Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

02.01.2026 12:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.”
-Rob Reiner

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18.12.2025 11:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“No man was ever wise by chance.”
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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02.12.2025 11:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Racism is not rooted in strength, it’s rooted in fear.” -W.E.B. Du Bois

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28.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.” -Malawian Proverb

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26.11.2025 21:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.” —A.J. Juliani, Educator

“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.” —A.J. Juliani, Educator

25.11.2025 10:32 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” -Marie Curie

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25.11.2025 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” -William James

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21.11.2025 11:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." -Khalil Gibran

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20.11.2025 17:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
-Arthur Helps

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19.11.2025 11:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” -Richard L. Evans

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17.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.” -Benjamin Jowett

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13.11.2025 09:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” -Helen Hayes

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11.11.2025 11:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin

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04.11.2025 12:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
-George Bernard Shaw

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03.11.2025 11:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” -Anais Nin

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31.10.2025 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“When you can’t lead, you distract.” -Sully

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29.10.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Research is creating new knowledge.” -Neil Armstrong

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28.10.2025 10:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
“Be consistent, but flexible. Love them unconditionally, but hold them accountable. Give them voice, but be the leader.” —Rae Rudzinski, Teacher

“Be consistent, but flexible. Love them unconditionally, but hold them accountable. Give them voice, but be the leader.” —Rae Rudzinski, Teacher

27.10.2025 09:25 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” -Desmond Tutu

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27.10.2025 10:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Now Post- The Power of Representation: Why CTE Needs More Black Male Educators
dwightcarter.edublogs.org/2025/10/26/t...
#CTE #Leadership #Belonging #Education #BeGREAT

26.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda

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20.10.2025 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The measure of leadership isn’t avoiding uncertainty,
it’s choosing how to respond in the midst of it.
New post: Leading Through Loss and Uncertainty
dwightcarter.edublogs.org/2025/10/13/lea…

#Leadership #BeGREAT #ResilientSchools #EduLeaders #MindfulLeadership

19.10.2025 00:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The hardest battle is between your old habits and your new standards.” -Unknown

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16.10.2025 09:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
-Josh Billings

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17.07.2025 10:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Morning thought... #645 #quotesoftheday #edchat #edusky #art

25.06.2025 10:17 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0