For all my fellow future-teachers:

A POWER OF A TEACHER by Hiam Ginott
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 humor,
Hurt of HEAL!
IN ALL SITUATIONS--
It is MY RESPONSE
That decides when a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated...
And a child humanized or de-humanized.