“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
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“I'm more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them the rest of their lives.”
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“You cannot measure a man by his riches but by the quality of the woman holding his hand.”
― The Ellison Effect
― The Ellison Effect
“She had the habit of making up virtuous qualities in a man to support her attraction.”
― Marriage by Mistake
― Marriage by Mistake
“I’ve 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 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.”
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Charlie’s 2024 Year in Books
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