As a Teacher, I Possess a Tremendous Power to Make a Child’s Life Miserable or Joyous.
I love this quote and I thought some of you may find it fitting as
we start a new year school year. Thanks to all of the patient
teachers on this list who have helped so many of us through the
trials and errors of acquiring TPRS. Have a great year everyone!
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive
element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates
the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a
teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life
miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of
inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all
situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be
escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.”
~Haim Ginott
