Can anyone proof-read my sentences?
A Teacher possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous, he can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, he can humiliate or humor, he can hurt or heal. In all situations it is the teacher's response to decide whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. To be more specific, the teacher can influence in so many ways that he can not control nor guess to what extend his teaching can affect the student and his life/behaviour. The influence of teacher doesn't stop just in the classroom but can leave an imprint forever.
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A teacher possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. He can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. He can humiliate or humor. He can hurt or heal. In all situations it is the teacher's responsibility to decide whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. To be more specific, the teacher can influence in so many ways that he can not control nor guess to what extent his teaching will affect the student and his life/behaviour. The influence of a teacher doesn't stop in the classroom but can leave an imprint forever.
"Teacher" --> "teacher"
Many commmas --> full stops.
Your teacher is male. If for an English, Western audience, you might want to swap to "they".
"reponse" --> "responsibility"
You start with "a theacher" but switch to "the teacher". An intentional change?
extend (verb) --> extent (noun)
...he can not .... guess to what extent his teaching can affect ... They can guess effects that it CAN have
I think you mean that they cannot guess the effect it WILL have.
But, of course, they can guess, they just are likely to be exactly correct.
Cannot predict?
Cannot be sure?
Cannot guess ... will affect - is fine, but seems not quite ocrrect, in a logical sense rarely bothered about.
The influence of teacher --> The influence of a teacher , to be consistent, I guess you would put "the teacher", sort of meaning "the child's teacher"? rather than "a teacher, in general?
"just" doesn't seem quite right with "stop"
the influence ... doesn't stop in the classroom
the influence ... isn't just in the classroom
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Great piece. Keep it up. Dramatic and serious in a way I don't see often in Western English. :)
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Here is my correction:
A teacher possesses a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. He can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. He can humiliate or humor. He can hurt or heal. In all situations, it is the teacher's response that determines whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and whether a child humanized or dehumanized. To be more specific, a teacher influences a child in so many ways, and he can neither control nor guess to what extent his teaching will affect the student’s life/behaviour. The influence of a teacher does not end in the classroom, but can leave an imprint forever.
Couple of notes:
1. Although not a problem for me, some may find it archaic (and even objectionable) to use “he” when referencing persons who could be male or female.
2. The thought expressed is a bit contradictory, in that you mention that a teacher has a power to influence a student, but summarize by stating that a teacher lacks the ability to control or predict the impact of that power. Is this what you meant?
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A teacher possesses the tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or to make it joyous.
His teaching can be used as a tool for torture, or as an instrument of inspiration.
His instruction can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is the response of the teacher which decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated.
Whether a child will be humanized or dehumanized.
The influence of a teacher can affect the child’s life in so many unforeseen ways, the impact they have can unfold itself invisibly throughout time.
The effect they have doesn't end just in the classroom, but can leave an imprint forever.
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