roles of the teachers

When defining the roles of these four given teachers from totally different text and locations, you could say they were all commonly the disciplinarian of the students. What I mean is that either the students obeyed because of consequence, like with sister MPH who "ran the first grade with an iron hand in the shape of a cross". Or they obeyed to avoid embarrassment and because they respected their teachers, like with MacFarland, Escalante and Watson. Mrs. Watson did not earn her respect right away, she earned it by challenging the girls and becoming their friend, mentor, therapist in a way, and finally respected teacher and disciplinarian. That is huge progress for her because when she came to Wellesley she was immediately stereotyped and the girls were curious, why wasn't she married? Why had she come there? They even questioned her capabilities. In the end they came to love her very much. I think everyone can agree that MacFarland was a mentor and friend as well as a disciplinarian for some. He got the rowdiest boys to settle and they did not disrupt him. I don't think MacFarland had to discipline Mike Rose much because he wanted to be at school, MacFarland was the one who recognized Rose's potential and got him back on the right track at school, so he became a role model to Rose in a way. Mr Escalante was an ally to these students, as well as a mentor and disciplinarian. He had to initially start by letting the kids know who was in charge, he did this successfully then he could move on to become their ally and mentor and help them build goals, like passing the AP calculus test. He seemed to stay focused on math even when he brought them home to cook for them while they studied, so I would not classify him in the friend category, but ally and mentor for sure.