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  "Ms.McKay, It Wasn't Okay." We’ve all experienced that moment as educators—the time before the students arrive, when the day is fresh, and full of potential. But as soon as the first student steps into the classroom, emotions start to unravel, and it becomes our job as their emotional facilitators to provide the tools they need for a positive learning experience. When students enter the classroom, we often don't know the challenges they faced between leaving the previous day and returning in the morning. Even with parent communication, it reflects their own biases or misinterpretations, whether intentional or not. Allow your students to enter with a clean slate, free from yesterday's interactions, hurt egos, or their previous day struggles with delayed gratification. Greet each of them with eagerness and excitement. No matter the age, from infants to adults, your voice communicates your opinions of them within moments of the initial interaction. For example, con...