Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. |
Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults. |
Fish swim, birds fly, and people feel. |
I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. 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. |
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. |
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. |
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. |
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. |
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. |