Teacher Power

"I have 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 humour, hurt or heal.

In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a
crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanised or
dehumanised."

Dr. Haim Ginott