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“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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“Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.”
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“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.”
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“While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children.”
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Dawn’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Dawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,072 books
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10 friends
295 books
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294 friends
33 books
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89 friends
96 books
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47 friends
29 books
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19 friends
73 books
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22 friends
94 books
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21 friends
1 book
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134 friends
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