This blog is dedicated to humanodon. We were having a chat in Boston about a major turn-around in his ESL classrooms.
He said, "As teachers, if we walk in the room frustrated with our students, then they'll pick up on that vibe and they'll start to become frustrated too. If we enter the room positively, with an attitude of collaboration and flexibility, students will understand that they should also be reacting in this way." He referred to a way of being called resonant leadership.