Citações haim ginott

1. "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."

2. "Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression."

3. "Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it."

4. "Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task."

5. "Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task."