Why was your favorite teacher your favorite?

Answer 1

The best teacher i ever had was my 7th grade english teacher..i think she was my favorite because of the way she got her point across..she looked like she was having fun doing it..i have seen alot of teachers who just werent good at getting things across..they assumed that just because they knew what they were talking about..everybody should know..so they lacked the patience..but she was different..she was very patient and she made you feel that when you accomplished something..you really accomplished something in life and not just right there in the classroom..I learned a few years ago that she had passed away..it was a great loss to me and everyone who knew her..but i will always remember her for her patience and understanding and for how she made me (for the first time in my life) eager to learn

Answer 2

My two favourite teachers were my high school history theacher and my high school French/German teacher (he taught both). As I went on to take history in university and teach languages as a job, I guess you could say they noth had a great effect on my life.

My history teacher could have been a raconteur in the old days. For him, history was a succession of really interesting stories that he liked to tell. Further, like all of my favourite teachers, he had a very 'open' / interactive classroom style - it was never just 'listen to the teacher and take notes'. He always seemed genuinely interested in our ideas and interpretations, so it was always like a conversation, not a lesson.

This may sound funny but one thing I loved about both of those teachers was that they were so clearly human - warts and all. They were sad sometimes and happy sometimes. As an impressionable child, ı was happy to be able to approach teachers as 'normal people' and not some kind of distant demigod. That was liberating.

My languages teacher was in many ways a 'hard' classical teacher - he really drilled information into you. A lot of other students didn't like him. But he was an older gentleman, and for some reason he and I just 'clicked'. He had a sense of humour about himself which, as I was quite a smarta*se in high school, was a good thing too.

I'd like to meet with both of them, have a drink and tell them how much they meant to me. But both of them have retired - the history teacher is now trying to make it as a folk singer in Los Angeles (really!) and I have no idea where the languages teacher is. Pity!

Hz. Ali once said 'I will be a slave for 40 years to the person who teaches me even one letter' (my paraphrase). I think that anyone who had the experience of good, inspiring teachers is lucky. If a teacher can teach you to love learning, he has given you all the tools you need in this world.

Answer 3

My 10th grade math and computer teacher. He allowed us some freedom to work on projects at our own pace while still teaching the necessary basics. He was very encouraing and helpful with us. That's when I learned some assembly language (back in 1981, no less!)

I guess what I appreciated in him the most was that I had a sense that he would challenge me and my skills while still being fair. He's the main reason why I pursued a degree in Education in college.

Answer 4

Because he let us get away all sorts of s*** on geography camp,turned a blind eye to all our shenanigans and still somehow made geography interesting.And he didn't fail me when I probably should have.

Answer 5

because not only did she do her best to teach me,
she also genuinely cared for me.

Answer 6

cos he got expelled

Answer 7

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