He impacts students by the way he teaches, disciplines, dresses, relaxes, worships, and by the way he handles stress. All play a role in shaping lives for eternity. How a Teacher Teaches How a teacher teaches is every bit as important as what he teaches. When it comes to influence, it is the teacher more than the curriculum, that carries the day. Many would agree with the premise that students remember their teacher far longer than they remember what their teacher taught .
Students learn much about interpersonal relationships from observing their teachers in action.
They gradually assimilate the teacher's behavior patterns into their own. The teacher lacking in tolerance will not breed patience in his students. The teacher who is quick to encourage will find her students so ministering to each other. The critical teacher will produce students given to grumbling. The praying teacher may find her students huddled in a small, impromptu prayer group during lunch.