How Teachers are a Positive Influence on Students Essay

Teachers have always been a excellent influence on students. Teachers also teach students how to be a good influence on other students as well. Teachers teach students how to respect and accept others for who they are not by their race or nationality. Having good teachers determines your education that you will need for the years to come. Passage I, by Ernesto Gallorzo and â€Å"Tornado Drill† by David Martin show how teachers positively influence the lives of students as revealed through the authors’ use of dialogue, theme, and figurative language. In Passage I, Ernesto uses dialogue to reveal the positive influence of teachers on students. For example, Ernesto’s teacher announced to the class, â€Å"Ernesto has learned to pronounce butterfly.† This expresses that teachers show a positive influence on students because by announcing that Ernesto can pronounce butterfly shows that his teacher and students are very proud of him and it encourages him to do better. A second reason that teachers are a excellent influence on students is because Ernesto states, â€Å"The main reason I was graduated with honors from the first grade was that I had fallen in love with Miss. Ryan.† This demonstrates that teachers have a special relationship with their students that allow them to cope with one another. Ernesto uses dialogue to prove the fact that teachers are a positive influence on students. Ernesto Gallorzo also uses the theme of acceptance to show that teachers have a positive influence on students. For example, Passage I is about teachers teaching their students the English heritage but also teaching them not to forget where they are from. In Passage I it states â€Å"Miss Hopley and her teachers never let us forget why we were at Lincoln: for those who were alien. To become good Americans ; for those who were so born to accept the rest of us.† This means that the teachers have taught their students to never forget who they are and where they came from, and also to accept others for who they are. A second example of why teachers are a positive influence on students is when it states, â€Å"Miss Hopley and her helpers warmed knowledge into us and roasted racial hatreds out of us.† This demonstrates that teachers teach students that it is not acceptable to judge other people certain ways because of their race. Ernesto Gallorzo uses theme to represent  th at teachers are a positive influence on students. In â€Å"Tornado Drill† David Martin uses theme to represent that teachers show a positive influence on students. Mrs. Wells states that â€Å"its just a drill† when it really is not a drill represents that teachers are a positive influence on students. By Mrs. Wells telling her students that it is just a drill she is tying to keep her students calm and making them think that there is nothing to worry about. Another reason why teachers are a positive influence on students is when David Martin states â€Å"the girls shrugged into the hall and crouched on their haunches facing the wall. The boys stood behind them and leaned over stretching like bridges to protect them. By the boys standing over the girls like bridges their teacher has taught them how to prepare for something like a tornado and how to protect one another. David Martin uses theme to show that teachers are a positive influence on students. In â€Å"Tornado Drill† David Martin also uses figurative language to reveal that teachers are a positive influence on students. In â€Å"Tornado Drill† it states that â€Å"Mrs. Wells said it was time to go back and the lights went on and over our bodies glowed with haloes.† This means that the students felt like angels and felt very protected by their teacher. Another example of why teachers are a positive influence on students is when in â€Å"Tornado Drill† it states â€Å"As we crossed the rubble we new we had survived only the first mystery of love.† This means that the students know that their teacher loves them and that that is only the first way that she has proved it. In â€Å"Tornado Drill† David Martin uses figurative language to prove the fact that teachers are a positive influence on students. Passage I written by Ernesto Gallarzo and â€Å"Tornado Drill† written by David Martin both show the positive influence of teachers on students through the authors use of dialogue, them, and figurative language. In Passage I through dialogue Ernesto’s teacher shows that she is proud of him by announcing to the class that he could pronounce butterfly. By doing this his teacher made him fell proud of himself. Ernesto also shows that he and his teacher have a good relationship with one another. Through theme Ernesto’s teacher has  taught them to never forget themselves as a person and to not be racist towards other people. In â€Å"Tornado Drill† David Martin’s teacher show that teachers are a positive influence on students by showing them how to protect themselves and others. She also proves to her students that she loves them and cares for them.