I love the following words from Haim Ginott. I first read it when I was an undergrad in university. It was in the “Ask Ada” column of the city paper and I cut it out. I still have that worn piece of newsprint and the passage has been my own personal teaching guideline ever since.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve come to the frightening conclusion 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.\u201d H. Ginott<\/span><\/p>\n How teachers approach a lesson, a problem or\u00a0a success can affect a child’s self-esteem, ambition, and enthusiasm for learning. Teachers, like parents, are entrusted with\u00a0the delicate task of guiding, nurturing, and encouraging. In my life, there were many teachers whose encouraging words, positive approach and passion for teaching shaped who I am today.\u00a0 I, in turn,\u00a0hope to be a positive influence\u00a0in the lives of\u00a0my students, offering them knowledge and skills that will enrich their lives.\u00a0A caring word, an extra special lesson plan, a warm smile, an open ear and time…these are the little things that make a big difference to a child.<\/p>\n I love the following words from Haim Ginott. I first read it when I was an undergrad in university. It was in the “Ask Ada” column of the city paper and I cut it out. I still have that worn piece of newsprint and the passage has been my own personal teaching guideline ever since….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studentteacher-relationships","category-teaching-philosophy","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}May all teachers be blessed with a deep understanding of their potential impact on the lives of their students and may their attitudes reflect that understanding.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"