i have too much spare time in between lessons

not alot of it, really

but enough for my mind to wonder off

hence it would be nice to keep track of what im thinking of

this best describes my thoughts

after each lesson

its a child's life you are talking about

make or break it.

I've come to a frightening conclusion 

that i am the decisive element in the classroom.

It's my personal approach that determines 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 humilate or humour, hurt or heal.

In all situations, it is my response that decides 

whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalaed, 

and a child humanized or dehumanized.

Haim Ginott

(taken from one of the teacher's table that i relief)

 

children in school ... potential awaiting to be unleashed