Saturday, March 22, 2014
West TN Solo and Ensemble Contest
On March 18, I took several of the band students to a solo and ensemble contest where they performed a variety of solos, duets, and trios for judges and were scored. All together we were awarded 12 ribbons- 10 "excellent" ratings and two, top scoring, "superior" ratings. It was a good day for the HMS Band!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
"I can humiliate or heal... "
“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 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.”
-Haim Ginott
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