How does a teacher affect the lives of his students?

Question

A friend of mine who is a teacher is asking for opinions/comments that could help him reflect on his being a teacher. Your favorable response would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance. : )

Answer 1

Are you kidding the question should be how doesn't a teacher affect the lives of students. Everyone who has gone to school can always think back to that one teacher who made a difference in their lives. Tell your friend to go to work every day trying to be that teacher. Without teachers this world would not turn round. Everyone in life has been taught by a teacher at some point it takes a wonderful selfless person to be a teacher.

Answer 2

Everyone that went to school remembers at least two of his/her teachers- the "cool" one you could "talk" to, and the really smart one that inspired you.
The funny thing is that in a class of 30, there might be 20 different favourites, because likes are different for everybody. Just like ice-cream, i suppose.
The best thing he can do is be himself, be happy with his job, and passionate about what he teaches. And the most important attributes he could possess are Flexibility and Understanding.
But always knowing his place. He is never "more" right than the student's parents. If he is teaching "acceptance of differences" in class and a student's father is anti-everything, that student has to learn there are different opinions in the world, and that some are less aggressive than others. In time that student will learn that his parents weren't right, nor wrong, just had little information to work with, and he'll appreciate that teacher that showed him patience and acceptance at once.
Only by example are the best teachers remembered and not by what they try implanting in the students' head.

Answer 3

Nice~ I have been a teacher now for 5 years and teaching elementary school. I had a really hard time in the beginning but now with experience it is a lot easier. Mind you, i teach in Korea to Korean students and b4 that i was teaching Japanese. But it does depend a little on what age your friend is teaching. For 8yrs to 12yrs i find that being playful with the subjects you teach to them is important and great at winning them over.. but 12yrs and over i find that if you are too playful, then they don't tend to take you seriously. Also, listen to what the students have to say.. especially over the 12yrs. There is a line that i call the puberty line.. But over all.. being to hard on students not good. This can have a very bad affect in the student/s work and in the end them not want to attend class. I hope this was some help.

Answer 4

Of course this depends on the age group and the curriculum, but it's not just giving out lessons, but applying them to the student's personal lives. As a student, I've been mainly influenced by English and History teachers. English is closely related to the humanities, and teachers can easily ask for student's beliefs, insight, and past experiences. My current History teacher taught me one of the best lessons I could ever learn: being involved in our environment and society (that there is more to life than the town you live in or the kids you hang out with) and that change comes from that awareness. Teaching them lessons that they can carry for the rest of their lives. Any sort of positive views that he has will surely affect his students.

Answer 5

Depends on what level he teaches at honestly.... but my experience as a student through my college and high school is that teachers who treated me with respect and treated me like i was a ___ yr old person (fill in the blank) were the only teachers i really cared to appreciate.

To answer the question directly, teachers affect their students alot. I've had teachers i despise and vow never to be like. I've had teachers that inspire and encourage me, and i'd like to possibly be able to do the same thing later in life

Answer 6

They are a role model to the kids they teach. Some of the students remember teachers and that's what makes them want to be a teacher as well. Teacher's also help the students make it through life, by teaching them things that no one else could teach them!

Answer 7

Teachers not only affect the lives of their students, they change the way students and parents see themselves and each other. They dedicate their life's work on the future leaders of tomorrow unconditionally. We see our teachers hours a day. We learn good behaviors, good study habbits, and good penmanship among other things by just being in class. We learn to share, we learn to be a good sport, to say congratulations to the other competitors when we lose. We learn to be compassionate, give thanks, and be respectful.

Teachers are our second parent. So, to ask this question, "How does a teacher affect the lives of his students?" I can only say that without teachers, the lives of his student will be less enriched, less enlightened, less eventful, less questions, less fun. The students are the product of the teacher. Who you see tomorrow will be who is teaching those students today.

Answer 8

Teachers make a huge impact on a students. They are there when you need them for school issues or family problems. They can give great advice on the student's future. I had many teachers affect my life in school which encouraged me to become a teacher.

Answer 9

Forget the role model part that others wrote, depending on where you work you might be the first male they have met that works.

I had two maybe three teachers in my life that affected my life but none understood the abuse I had at home or sadness in my life. Each one took time to help me learn and to make sure I did learn something and finish High School.

Remember how screwed up are children are to get them to learn and finish and develop a work ethic will affect their life's forever.

Answer 10

My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. James, saw the troubled child I was. My hair was never brushed, my clothes rarely clean, and I had a habit of not telling the truth. She showed an interest in me and I left her class that year as spelling bee champion. She invited me to spend the summer with her family on the lake. Even though I had to go back to the same house afterwards, I never went back to being the girl I was before.