Notes that despite students' attitudes, educators need to remember the best in those students, the times when they show enormous kindness. Describes an example of this one winter day in the author's ninth-grade English class. (SG)

Examines the role of emotions in teaching, noting the significance of teacher emotions to classroom management. The paper focuses on one teacher's experiences teaching a ninth-grade class at a local public high school, examining how his emotions affected his teaching decisions and behaviors and his classroom management techniques. (SM)