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INSPIRATIONAL PAGES
FOOL MANAGEMENT
I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I, myself, not those around me, am the decisive element in my life.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a person, I possess tremendous power to make my family's, friends' and associates' lives 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 other humans humanized or dehumanized.
(Adapted to life by John Morgan)
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess 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.
-Haim Ginott in Teacher and Child, Avon Books, 1976
