By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (summary by Jeffrey Bush)
- As teachers, our goal is greater than just passing along facts and information.
- If we want our students to be caring human beings, we must respond to them in
caring ways. - If we are going to help our students in academic ways, we need to learn to help them
in emotional ways. In one sense, we are parenting our students. - What is going on in their home life will affect their school life as well.
- Punishment does not always deter misconduct, it merely makes the offender more
cautious in committing his crime, more joy in concealing his traces, and more skillful
in escaping detection. - Instead of immediate punishment, present expectations and offer choices.
- Let your students overhear you saying something nice about them.
- Who knows what any of us could become if we knew that someone believed in us.