Christopher S. Mukiibi @chris_mukiibi

🔥 Rage often isn’t about anger, it’s about feeling trapped. When students feel cornered, frustration turns into rage. But when they’re given choice, rage dissolves, and play takes its place. One of the most powerful things a teacher can do is offer choice. When learning feels…

As you get older you will realize people with fancy degrees, who talk in complex ways and have a smart persona… Are actually just midwit idiots cosplaying what they think a smart person looks like. The dude who talks plainly, is relatable and just delivers no fluff results is…

The purest reason to make something is not to make money and not even to make the thing. It’s to have the experience of making the thing - and no one can take that from you.

💡 The biggest shift a student can make is switching their thinking from: “I’m not good at this.” to: “I haven’t learned that skill yet.” Everything is learnable. Everything can be figured out. When I sign yearbooks, I always remind my students of one thing: you are capable of…

🔥 What if boosting school culture was as simple as creating a story? My wife writes screenplays, and she once told me: if you define two groups as adversaries, everyone gets engaged. Turns out… she was right. Our administrators split the staff into Team Red and Team Black.…

Part of the problem with trying to reform public schools is that so many involved believe the final goal is receiving a diploma rather than receiving an education. One doesn’t guarantee the other.

Major cheat code for life: Finishing things. The world is full of half-written books, half-built businesses, and half-kept promises. You stand out by closing loops. By showing up. By doing what you said you’d do. Anyone can start, but few have the courage to finish.

💡 Everything you want is already in someone else’s head. The fastest way to get it? Ask better questions. Questions are our pickaxe—they dig out wisdom, experience, and shortcuts through life. The faster we master this skill, the further we’ll go. ✅ A good question is…

🔥 Feel like you’re falling behind? You’re not. Here’s why ⬇️ Brains rewire with every repetition. 1% wins compound into transformation. The past is data—not destiny. Fear is just a mask for procrastination. Community multiplies courage. Reflection turns pain into wins. 👉…

So true… In college, I couldn’t wait to get out of reading and lectures to have free time Now, I can’t wait for free time so I can read and listen to lectures (podcasts)

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So true… In college, I couldn’t wait to get out of reading and lectures to have free time Now, I can’t wait for free time so I can read and listen to lectures (podcasts)

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🚨 The secret to raising highly successful kids isn’t tutoring, private schools, or test prep. It’s what happens at HOME. 🏠✨ In The Learning Compass, I share the 4 core characteristics of homes with high-achieving children: 1️⃣ Parents believe the world will be better and…

We used to leave them in a room and hope they’d come out changed… When students land in on-campus suspension, they’re cut off. From class. From friends. From support. It’s isolation, not intervention. So we did something different. We sent someone in—not to babysit, but to…

“No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity, for he is not permitted to prove himself.” – Seneca When I was younger, I just wanted the adults in my life to make it stop. The stress. The chaos. The pain. I thought peace would come if someone just removed the…

The older I get, the more I realize some people waste their entire lives fearing the judgement of people who were never even thinking about them. Nobody is thinking about you. Everybody is too busy thinking about themselves. That thing you’ve always wanted to do? Go do it.

Most people try to learn by cramming and re-reading. But that’s not how the brain works… Here’s how to actually remember what you learn: 1️⃣ Use spaced repetition. Review the material over time, not all at once. The brain remembers what it revisits, not what it sees once. 2️⃣…

The difference between a life of meaning and a life of despair is one thing: hope. Not blind optimism. Not pretending everything’s fine. But the stubborn belief that your struggle can serve a purpose. That there’s something on the other side of this season. That your story is…

It’s the first week back, and I’m reminded: The best part of this job isn’t content. It’s connection. Every year, I remind myself: I’m not just here to help with homework. I’m here to model what learning looks like when it’s alive. I’m here to share the wisdom life taught me the…

What they say about eldest daughters is true. My 3 yo is literally potty training her 2 yo little sister, completely unsolicited, on her own accord. She always needs to make sure her little sis knows what’s up. I love having a front row seat to the sweetest little friendship &…

You don’t need a genius. You need a scenius. Great work doesn’t come from lone geniuses. It comes from environments where ideas circulate, creativity compounds, and people make each other better. In schools, we call it culture. In art, Austin Kleon calls it a scenius—a shared…

Like everything ⁦@jburnmurdoch⁩ makes, this chart is amazing. The sharp decline in conscientiousness and rise in neuroticism among young people is astonishing. But also of note: literally every age group has gotten less extroverted in the age of the smartphone