My Favorite Teacher

In most schools nowadays, teachers are there for other reasons besides to teach students. Yes, they show up every day and "teach" because that is their job, but most of the time this is not what is most important to them. I think this is part of the reason students are not retaining the information they are being taught each day in class. Most teachers are not passionate about what they teach. For example, they apply for a job at a school to be a sports coach. They get the job and all of a sudden, they become a world geography teacher. This teacher is a coach forced to teach, so he does not really care whether or not the student learns the material. He just needs students to pass his class, so he can keep his coaching job. Teachers who...show more content...

Needless to say, this was just one example of a teacher that was only concerned about whether or not we passed his class. These teachers did not care enough about academics to actually teach us. Once again, their main priority was the success of their sports team. On the other hand, some of my teachers were excellent. They cared about their students actually understanding the information. They had other interests besides whether or not the students had the grades to simply move onto the next level course like the teachers previously mentioned. These were the teachers that were passionate about what they were teaching. They might give us loads of work to do like the other teachers, but the difference is that they would take the time to give thorough explanations so that we would really learn the subject. They would allow us to ask questions and explained the topic until we understood it. If we asked a question they did not know the answer to, they would look it up and get back to us. For example, this past year I took an AP Biology II course. My teacher absolutely loved her job and was passionate about the material she was teaching us. She came to class everyday with Power Point presentations prepared, and she had charts and diagrams labeled for us to better understand the chapter focus. She also did labs and experiments with us so that we could get a hands–on look at what we were learning. She usually had an answer for every question we asked, but if she did not, she

He studies Chemistry, English, Maths, Physics, Technology and Physical Education. He plans on doing these subjects again next year if the timetable works. Outside of class he plays hockey. He never considered International Baccalaureate (IB) because NCEA is perfectly adequate and for what he wants to do he does not think that IB would prepare him any better

His favourite subject is physics as it is easy to understand as there is a lot of formulas and it is applicable to what he wants to do after school. He wants to become a piolet which he would complete his private licence first then complete his commercial licence. His least favourite subject is Chemistry as it takes a lot of time outside of class which he does not have. He also struggles because it requires a lot of memorisation and he doesn't see a lot of point in that.

For him a great teacher is someone who can interact with the class and give real life examples. They would spend a bit of time with each student getting to know them and figuring out where the class is up to and whether the pace of the class needs to be slowed down. He also thinks that giving some questions for homework which recaps the days learning is important. This needs to be followed up the next lesson and if the class isn't grasping the concept then they will take that period to reteach the concept to ensure that all students have had enough time to learn it.

For him a terrible teacher is someone who talks too much about their topic but also