After 30 years (’57-’86) in the classroom I

am convinced that the personal example the

teacher sets before the student is the

single most important reason learning

occurs. Example offers a behavioral

definition of character that may determine

a student’s perception of his own value,

the value of others, and reciprocal rights

and responsibilities. Since emulation is

both an early and an on-going learning

method and because everyone passes through

the hands of the teacher, the example of

the teacher-leader is, I believe, funda-

mental to the successful human experience.

When standards are personalized and

manifest in teacher conduct, the student’s

perception of other criteria for measuring

other values and options prior to decision-

making becomes more and more comprehensible.

Such a comprehension may be considered

critical to the student’s personal ability

to anticipate consequence of choice and

ensure survival and progression.

James Baxter

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– James Baxter