First Observation Tomorrow!

“I’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 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.” - H.G. Ginott

Some of you may know this...

but many of you do not

I, (ahem) Ali Mandrell,

Am studying to become a Special Education Teacher! Woo!

& tomorrow is my FIRST day in observation!

I am super excited,

& nervous.

but mostly excited.

The quote above was shown to our SPE 450 class this morning,

& it really got me thinking.

I hope that I can remember it always;

Both as I progress on in the process of becoming a future teacher,

& when I eventually begin teaching!

Hopefully, it will also inspire you as much as it did me!

Peace and Blessin's,

Al