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time at Estacado, she students positively as Ripley pours out love, support,
enforced the discipline and consistency to her students to help them succeed
and consistency she on their own unique journeys of life. You might call it
learned in the military "The Ripley Effect."
to empower her
students in leadership
and determination. Christiana McCourt
is a rising senior at
After a short time in Talkington School for
Oregon, she returned Young Women Leaders.
to Lubbock and began In her free time, she
teaching at Talkington enjoys reading, sports,
Daughters, Dominique School for Young journalism competitions
and Demi
Women Leaders. She and time with her family
teaches many subjects, and friends. After high
including AP Human Geography, Pentathlon, and school, she plans to attend
Decathlon. In her classroom, she continues to enrich a university and pursue a Christiana with her tearcher
the minds of her students not only with the academic career in the medical field. Lynnae Ripley
curriculum but also with life wisdom. She helps
her students, both in and out of the classroom,
by implementing fairness and structure. One
of the main messages she tries to implement is
the acronym of the five Ps: “Prior preparation
prevents poor performance.” This acronym
applies to studying for tests, asking questions,
time management, and many more aspects of life
outside the classroom.
When asked about the best piece of advice she has
ever received, Ripley recalled a poster in college
that transformed how she thought of challenges;
as a result, she adopted a new mindset that helped
her persevere. The poster said, “A car with a flat
tire cannot go anywhere until you change it.”
Throughout her life, Ripley has approached her
life with tenacity and focused on the next day for
guidance, continuously adapting and changing in
response to challenges. Her life is an example of
the success of the messages she preaches. She is
married to her husband, Duff Ripley, and enjoys
gardening, baking, reading, and crocheting in
her free time. Additionally, her daughters have
followed in her footsteps, actively serving in the
United States Military.
Her enlightening messages have inspired not only
her daughters but also the hundreds of students
she has taught. Her experience with the military
did not end with her. The valuable gems of
knowledge she learned continue to affect all of her

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