Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them.
Haim GinottI've come to the 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 tremendous power to make a student's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a student humanized or de-humanized.
Haim GinottTeenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.
Haim Ginott