I've come to the frightening conclusion that...
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
My personal approach creates the climate.
My daily mood 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 dehumanized.
-Hiam Ginot
