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"I have come to the frightening conclusion that, I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that create the climate.  It is my daily mood that makes the weather.  As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable of joyous.  I can be a tool of torture of 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 child humanized, or de-humanized." Quoted From: Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)