Describe the characteristics of your own most significant teacher.
My most significant teacher sent out a message through his teachings that I had never received before. His most powerful characteristic was that he was a caring person, he cared about his students. He made me think? Made me question everything? To never believe everything I was told, instead he gave me that push, that power to find the answers myself. It was a course that dealt much with religion, which of course raised many controversial issues in the classroom. Never offending any of our beliefs and values, but always influencing each and every one of us to get out there and do something, to get out there and research it ourselves.
He motivated everyone just by mentioning that if we took the initiative to take a course during the second part of summer we were already doing something good for ourselves. Just with those short words of encouragement I was motivated to strive not just for that average C but for that A the A that I have never felt so proud of.
He was patient, he was kind and he had developed his own way of getting through your mind that is really unexplainable. I’d recommend him in a heart beat. He had the desire to make a difference in the lives of the people sitting in his classroom. Which is the greatest characteristic a teacher could have.
Very interesting person you describe. During orientation I spoke about not being a teacher, we have too many of those but rather an effective teacher such as the one mentioned here. This person sounds like he made a lasting impression that has motivated you to become a teacher which I agree is the greatest characteristic a teacher could have.
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