My Favourite Teacher

Outstanding teachers know their stuff! They know what they are teaching and how to teach it so that students will understand and be able to use their knowledge in multiple contexts.

Learning can be difficult, especially in a class like history, but lucky for me my 7th , 10th , and 12th grade teacher made history one of my favorite classes. Coach Fowler is the best teacher and coach that I have ever had. He really knew how to make class fun and keep me focused. He was also my football Coach, which also resulted in me wanting to do good and act right in his classroom. He knew when to joke, and he also knew when to take things serious. Having a teacher and also a football coach that you look up to and respect really encourages you to do good and not let him down.

A teacher is a person who inspires and encourages us to strive for greatness, live to our fullest potential and see the best in ourselves. They are strong-willed individuals who we admire and aspire to become. We learn from them. We learn through their commitment, integrity, and perseverance. A teacher can influence many important aspects of a student’s life. They help shape a student’s personality, morality and provide them with the tools necessary to take on their future endeavors. “A good teacher can teach you something that you will remember for a day, but a great teacher will teach you something that you will remember for the rest of your life.” I was fortunate enough to find all of these qualities in my Army JROTC instructor, First Sergeant Navarra.

In today’s society it is nearly impossible to survive without an education. It is important that we have the right kind of teachers to accomplish certain goals. A good teacher is one who listens to their students and tries to answer any questions they might have about anything. I think that a good teacher should also be able to listen to others opinions and not argue with them but try to understand their point of view on the subject.

Recently I enrolled myself in one of the most challenging classes in my entire high school, AP US History (APUSH). Even though it’s been a struggle to keep up with everything in the class, I still know that because of this class I now have having a better understanding of life. My APUSH teacher has not only lectured my class about history but he also taught us life lessons every once in awhile. Throughout the year my teacher had us read books that have inspired him in his life in hope that we will take something away with us before going off on our own in the world. We read books like The Energy Bus by and The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrew,two books that teach people how to keep positive, make the right decisions, and be successful. My teacher

High school has such a large curriculum taught to every student. Students attend multiple subjects in a day, every year, for their entire high school education. They’re taught such a variety of courses to maintain well rounded and to expose them to countless different types of jobs. However, there comes a point where the student needs to specify his or her future degree. This should be best during their senior year to prepare them for college or how the real world works. Seniors should be further exposed to possible future careers of their choice, aiding them to decide what career field they wish to pursue after high school. Your senior year should be enhanced to a specific career field you might pursue after high school.

Choosing a favorite teacher is fairly difficult when one puts into account all the types of teachers they have known, all of them are important. Teachers are the second most important people in our lives, right after our parents. Teachers are persuasive and have the power to build a child up from an immature student to become a responsible adult; or they can completely and utterly crush a students hopes and dreams.

Another point that makes a good teacher would be his/her patience. Teachers should not get upset or even worse, give up on the students who are not so strong in their studies. Instead, they should have the patience to slowly coach them, give them extra lessons, and find different ways to encourage them. Let them know that the teacher

“How many of you think I’m white?” … Not a single hand went up while a huge grin formed on her face. This is how Mrs. Yaghi introduced herself to the class on the first day. She proceeded to explain her ethnic background which included middle eastern roots, however under the United States census she would be classified as white. Mrs. Yaghi was my sociology teacher at the end of every day of my senior year of high school, she taught me more than any of my other teachers throughout the years ever did. What I loved most about the course was how she tied in her own personal background and made the class relevant to us all; I can easily say that Mrs. Yaghi greatly impacted me and changed the way I view things. All throughout high school I would say Mrs. Yaghi had the best teacher qualities. She was young, energetic, and passionate about the subject she taught, which to me is crucial when actually enjoying a class.

Throughout my time as a first-semester freshman in college with the intent to become a future teacher, I was offered several experiences that have solidified my decision about becoming a teacher. I got the chance to attend Johnsonville High for four days which I learned just how much fun you could have teaching at a school that has less standardized testing. Then, I had the most amazing time being able to be an assisting teacher at Carolina Forest High. My cooperating teacher, Dr. Ledford, was the best cooperating teacher I have ever had in my life. She was the idle teacher that was an inspiration to me and her students. I could tell she had a true passion for teaching by the way she taught her students. Dr. Ledford would always give interesting and fun activities to her students to help them learn a subject. Being her teacher assistant influenced me to become a teacher more than anything else. I want to become a teacher so I can teach in a similar way she does. In the past, I have had teachers who did not really care about their students and did not put an effort into their lesson plans. This is the opposite with Dr. Ledford. She genuinely cares about her students in such a way it has inspired me to teach like her. I also got to attend monthly seminars where I learned several things to keep in mind as a teacher; such as the importance of being professional and how every student has the capability of doing remarkable things. Finally, I attended several service hour

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I remember when going to preschool use to be my favorite thing to do. I did over three years of preschool because while I was in daycare Miss Justice taught us. Miss Justice she is my favorite teacher I've ever had. I have many memories in daycare but the one that sticks out the most is when we had rock wars on the playground. Daycare and preschool is a time that I will never forget.

There are from my experiences two types of teachers in this world: good and great. A good teacher knows, at the bare minimum, how to get across the basics of the material. They may not be the most enthusiastic, however they get the job done. Great teachers are truly a gift of God. They know how to inspire, create discussion, and truly get students involved in lessons. Then there remains Brian Gunter.

My chosen metaphor for what a “good” teacher looks and acts like is that a teacher is a chef. A kitchen for a chef is where the magic happens, where they grow in their profession and where they feel most comfortable and I feel this is the same for a teacher and their classroom. To a chef the ingredients are important in creating a masterpiece and a teacher’s ingredients are the diverse range of students each with their own value and flavour added to the final creation. A chef views each ingredient as equal and no one is important than the other and I believe a “good” teacher does not view one student as more important than the other. The teacher them self I feel is also an ingredient as without them the dish or the learning outcome would not be a successful and they too add their own uniqueness of flavour and value. Pots, pans and utensils are important to a chef to help create and cook the dishes as they use different items to achieve different results and I believe this is the same for teaching as “different learners require different techniques

My favorite teacher is my Family Home Consumer Science Teacher and Parenting Skills Teacher is  Mrs. Asia Holley she is the best teacher. She is happily married, and though she has no children, she is the closet a student will get to a mother figure at school. She has a way with words and is so comforting that students, and at times faculty members, cannot help but to come and confide in her. She is a very spiritual woman which makes sense since her husband is a pastor. She has the potential to make any subject that seems extremely boring to some, very appealing to all through her enthusiasm and dedication to helping her students. Going to her class was something everyone was eager to do and not dreadful like I would do most of my other classes. Such as, me not being in a good mood just because i know my other classes were not as interesting as Mrs. Asia Holley’s class.