Monday, September 3, 2007

Frightening Conclusion

"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher I posses a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture of an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate humor, hurt, or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated and a child humanized or dehumanized."
~Hiam Ginott~

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Monday, September 3, 2007

Frightening Conclusion

"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher I posses a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture of an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate humor, hurt, or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated and a child humanized or dehumanized."
~Hiam Ginott~

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