What types of teacher do you like? why and why not?
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As a college student...\n\n>someone you can relate to\n\n-->why? because I hate it when the teacher just talks and talks but you don't get a word they're saying\n\n>has a sense of humor\n\n--> so that the class won't be so boring and serious\n\n>knows his subject really well enough he can use other examples (like one time I heard anime; Voltes V was used to show something about bonds in Chemistry)\n\n\n>knows how to simplify things\n--->Yeah, instead of really long paragraphs... "In other words???!"\n\n>isn't boring\n\n>won't embarass you if you ask questions\n-->Don't you just hate it when you want to ask something but you've seen teachers become sarcastic and will make you look stupid by asking.\n\n>doesn't take things personally\n-->if a teacher takes things personally, the relationship between a teacher and student will be difficult..\n\n> that won't let the class just do reporting, she'll listen... blah blah blah, but someone that WILL TEACH!!!\n-->There was a subject, that for the semester we would report abut our subject, we'd have to understand it on our own, which was really boring, i've had enough of powerpoint presentations
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Ask yourself what it is about teaching that you like.\n\nAsk yourself what you don't like.\n\n(Not many of us would put writing lesson plans at the top of our I-just-love-it list.)\n\nOnly you can know whether you will want to continue this as a career.\n\nWhat I can tell you as a teacher with since 1977, is that whole children come into your classroom every day. Some have wonderful lives. Others come from unspeakably awful situations. They are all kids. They all need to be cared for and challenged and supported.\n\nThe teachers who "make it" in the long term learn about boundaries. We know what we can do and what we can't. We are optomisitic, but not sentimental about the future. We understand ourselves and keep expanding that understanding. Most of us could make much more money doing almost anything else, but we do what we do because internally, we have no choice.\n\nChalk dust runs in my veins and in the times of my life when there was no paying job in teaching available, I taught anyone who stood still long enough anything I knew and thought the onther person should know, just like I'm doing now.\n\nIf you MUST teach, you will find the stamina to do it. If there is no inner need to do it, you can still give it a shot, but you will either discover the joy, or quit after a short time.\n\nIn any case, find a mentor, a local teacher you admire who is willing to stand by you as you make these big decisions.\n\nBest wishes.
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I think my favorite teacher was my ninth grade English teacher, Mr. Felix (yes, that was his last name).\n\nThe very first day of class, we hit it off, because as he was speaking he asked the class an off hand question:  "Who said, 'let them eat cake'?"\n\nThe class sat there silent for a few seconds.  I raised my hand and gestured for me to speak.\n\nWhen I told him the answer, he asked what I name was, and he said.  Good answer.  I'll be watching you.\n\nHe then went on to tell the class about his "non-negotiable zero" policy:  If you had an assignment due on a certain date, and it was not on his desk at the start of class, you got a zero - and it was non-negotiable.  The only excuse for missing the deadline was a death in your family -- YOURS!\n\nI loved it when all the prissy girls (I won't mention what we called them back then) would whine and try to charm Mr. Felix into granting an extension.  He never did.  I respected him a lot for that, because I wasn't one of the people who whine for a grade, and I resented it when girls (well, mostly girls) got away with that.\n\nHis policy got me once though.  He gave an assignment, and it was due a week later.  I procrastinated all week until the day before the due date.  Then I got quite sick.  I blew off the assignment, and missed class the day it was due.\n\nThe next day, when I came in, he asked me if I was feeling better.  Then he asked me where my assignment was.  When I told him I didn't have it, he said "you understand I'm going to give you a zero."\n\nI told him that I understood.\n\nIn giving me a zero, he taught me that I had all week to do the assignment, and an illness on the 6th day was really no excuse.\n\nI went back to my old school a few years later and paid him a visit.  We talked for a few minutes, and I never saw him again.  \n\nHe's certainly retired by now.
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Dear _______\n\nI have known _______ both professionally and socially for ____ years. In all the time I have known and worked with her, she shows a genuine interest in the well being of her students. She treats each of her students like they were her own children putting their welfare and learning above all else.\nHer class room is well organized. Her lesson plans are well thought out tailored to her students. She is innovative in tailoring her lesson plans to the abilities of her students to advance their learning.\nShe is also a sober person who never misses work unless it is an emergency.\n She thoroughly enjoys the challenges and rewards of the classroom. She is always seeking new and better methods to teach her children. She works with each individual student making sure each individual student gets the time they need to learn the subject matter.\n\nYours Truly,_________\n\nThere is the rough draft of a few ideas, You can take it from there and dress it up.
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I teach English part-time. It all depends on the level of my students. Adults prefer lots of role-playing, drama (speaking exercises) and learning stuff they can use at work, so the culture tends to be informal but professional. With high school students, I get them to open up and talk about stuff they're interested in and tailor-make my lessons to suit their interests. The atmosphere is casual and open where teacher and student are like friends. But with younger kids, you can't afford to give too much flexibility and freedom coz they're too young to appreciate it. I tend to be strict and to the point, get your work done or else.
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Hm... well, I have a teacher that I really don't like at all right now.  But yeah, you should like reword your question and use correct grammar.  It would probably help you to get more responses to your questions.  Just a friendly suggestion!  :)
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Hello,\n     Well I am only a 16 year old student, but I believe that teachers should have the following qualities...\n\n1) (S)he should know her subject well. (Obvious, isnt it?)\n\n2) (S)he should not be a bully.\n\n3) (S)he should have the ability to keep the subject flowing, without the students getting bored. (Dont ask me how... I just study here ;-) )\n\n4) (S)he should make sure every1 participates. Every1 hates a dictator.\n\n5) (S)he should have a clear, realistic idea of the progress she wants to make in a class. This prevents teachers from rushing through chapters in the end.\n\n6) Also, (S)he should make sure that every1 knows the basics. Often in the higher classes, teachers complain that they always get a bunch of dunces, but in reality, its just because of a weak foundation that a building grows shaky, and ultimately crumbles.\n\nAbout the exchange teacher bit, I have no idea, cuz our skool does not have an exchange program. (Any ideas how I can change it??) Oh, and keep a pleasant face...
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Yes,why not,i love my school.i dont know why some students dont like school that disruptive in class. at all school is our second home & the teachers are our second parents.
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Hah, nobody likes teachers.\nTeachers do things they shouldn't.\nThey get away with it.\n\nLa la la life goes on.
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I had a math teacher, I actually felt sorry for him. He could not control the class at all. He would write on the board and there would be spit wads all over the board and in his hair. It was impossible to learn anything in his class. Some people just don't belong in the teaching profession.
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I actually teach both levels everyday. I enjoy the innocence of the younger kids...their fresh ideas...I can't stand elementary school kid parents-they need to grow up...I enjoy the wit of the high school kids, and can relate to them better. I like looking at kids and actually being able to say "What were you thinking?" I can't stand the attitude you get in middle school and 9th grade...ugh
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What necessarily are you trying to teach???
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Everybody hates mean teachers, but I think teachers can be strict without being mean. Teachers that are too easy will not prepare you for the real world. Strict teachers hold students to high standards of effort and behavior, but if students make a genuine effort then they are happy. Mean teachers, on the contrary, expect a certain perfection... and are mean about it! Teachers can be strict and mean, yes, but mostly there is a fine line. Strict teachers are good, but kids want easy teachers. Or, they just don't want mean teachers!
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1.What do you expect of this job?\n2.Who was your role model growing up?\n3.What is the greatest demand on a teacher nowadays?\n5.What are your strong points?(Perennial favorite)\n6.What is your greatest weakness?(Another standard)\n7.What do you expect to achieve with this position?\n8.If you could change one thing about teaching what would it be?\n9.Why did you choose this profession?\n10.Why do you want to work here?
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On one side I say yes and on the other I say no. It depends really. Some teachers I do not think should be teachers, and I think this will help remove them, yet the good teachers also may be removed because of that too.
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I loved the subjects with the most enthusiastic and engaging teachers...for me, that was English.  I guess that's why I became a hs English teacher!
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A teacher isn't just a transmiter of knowledge. A teacher has lots of roles that can be categorized into three: A teacher as a person, a professional and as a member of the community.\n\nSo am I a good teacher?\n\nI'm not yet a teacher but I think I have a potential to be one.