Confident teachers derive their confidence from a close relationship with the Lord and from their professional abilities and skills. A teacher who looks for the best in every situation helps students to behave. Just as a spirit of pessimism focuses on wrong possibilities, optimism focuses on right possibilities. The mood in a classroom is lightened and enhanced by optimistic and enthusiastic teachers who refuse to let misfortunes consume their thoughts. An optimistic, cheerful teacher enjoys ministering as a teacher.
Students like to be taught by teachers who enjoy teaching.
A pleasant and optimistic disposition is contagious. Students tend to display the attitude that their teachers model. The optimistic teacher sees greater potential in every student. A student's life beyond the school years may reveal successes and accomplishments that will surprise those who knew the student while he was in school. Only the Lord knows what a student will accomplish in his life.