Teachers can be a positive influence in their students’ lives in several ways. Preparing students’ for college and what it has to offer, always incurring their students’ to succeed and stay in school, or even helping a student get through a tough time. In the essay (Helping First- Year Students Help Themselves by Christine B. Whelan pg. 257). “A teacher can have a positive impact on a students by identifying the issues of the challenges most college freshmen face when entering their first year of college.” A lot of high school students have no idea on how tough and much different college classes can be from their typical high school environment. Even by high school teachers preaching by how different college is, it can be a very overwhelming
