a quote on the power of the teacher

Haim Ginott's (1972) famous quote reminds us of the power that lies in the hands of a teacher:

"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 humour, hurt or heel. In all situations, it is my response that determines whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or de-humanized."

Such tremendous power over gen-next !