Your list of things you didn't know you were learning until years later are things that are actually on the curriculum kind of -- teachers who study in good teacher training schools know that what they are really teaching is how to be an optimally functioning human being. The curriculum is one way of teaching those skills. Kids also learn a lot from paying attention to how their teachers behave and treat others.
Absolutely, and it's part of that innate human experience-- to observe others and learn from them. A very young kid will be impressionable to the authority figure they spend 5 days out of the week with, and I imagine it's a terrifying risk trusting a teacher to take care of your kid like that.Kids also learn a lot from paying attention to how their teachers behave and treat others.