Favorite Quotes
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“I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess 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 or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis
will be escalated or de-escalated, a child humanized or de-humanized.”
Haim Ginott

My Teacher Yelled at Me
My teacher said to listen,
And I’m really trying to.
(I heard my mother cry this morning
I think some bills are due.)

My teacher said, “Pay attention,”
As we read a story about summer camps,
(Our trip to the zoo is next week,
I wonder if they take food stamps.)

My teacher spoke harshly to me,
Said to get that homework in.
(My mom came home so late last night,
I think she has a new boyfriend.)

My teacher yelled at me today,
Said to keep my mind on track.
I didn’t like how that made me feel,
So I just yelled right back.

So now I’m sitting in the hall,
It’s not a bad place to be.
I don’t have to do work out here,
And no one yells at me.
Roberta Feeney

Fifty years from now
It will not matter
what kind of car you drove,
what kind of house you lived in,
how much you had in your bank account,
or what your clothes looked like.
But the world may be a little better
because you were important
in the life of a child.

“You are now entering the classroom of the world’s brightest and best students. Please sharpen your intellect, your assertiveness, and your perseverance, for we shall surely challenge you, too, to be the best that you can be.”
Students

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Project CLASS Quotes from Teachers & Parents

“My kids love the songs and music. They giggle, have fun and learn social skills, all at the same time.”

“Project CLASS is ‘Sesame Street’ for social and relationship skills.”

“This is the best way for my children to learn. And, what they learn really helps.”

“Of all the programs I have seen, Project CLASS is the best for my little ones. Everything is simple and clear.”

“Project CLASS is tops! My 3-year old loves the music and asks for the eye contact song all the time.”

“Project CLASS should be on TV. It’s so entertaining and teaches important skills.”

“I’m convinced that the Project CLASS social skills can make or break relationships.”

“When my little ones are restless and misbehaving, I play the social skills songs and their behavior improves.”

“I like that ‘1-2-3 Eyes on Me’ works every time. My kids actually look at me and pay attention.”

“Project CLASS is a home-run for daycare and pre-K. The skills are easy to teach and easy for the kids to learn and use.”

“I’m always amazed when a roomful of kids get excited to sing songs and do movements about social skills.”

“Project CLASS does for social skills what the ABC song does for learning the alphabet. This approach makes sense and works.”

“Because of the songs, music and activity, my kids think learning social skills is a blast.”


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Foster Care Quotes

“The HAP program changes children’s lives and turns them in the right direction. It’s very rewarding to know that we can get in touch with someone anytime, day or night, whether it’s an emergency or even if we just need to talk.”
HAP Foster Parent

“HAP has helped me grow up to be an independent adult.”
HAP Foster Youth

“A child is the jury before which our civilization must stand. The way we treat our children, and what we pass on to our children, says volumes about who we are as a people.” Unknown

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Other Quotes

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same.”
Flavia

“Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy.” Aristotle

“If we do not learn to live together as friends, we will die apart as fools.”
Martin Luther King

“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”
Victor Hugo

“Skill to do comes of doing.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

‘It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” Somerset Maugham

“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.”
Jim Collins

“All things are ready, if our minds be so.”
Henry V
Announcing to his generals before their triumph at the Battle of Agincourt

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
Vince Lombardi

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
Mother Teresa

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