Comport yourself with grace under pressure.
I__e come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It__ my personal approach that creates the climate. It__ my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child__ life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate 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.
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I__e come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It__ my personal approach that creates the climate. It__ my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child__ life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate 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.
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