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Positive Characteristics Of A Good Teacher

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Being 19 and graduated from highschool I've had my fair share of good and bad teachers. I feel like the main 4 effective characteristics of a teacher are, a good communicator, a good listener, being understandable, and having good sense of humor. Being a good communicator plays a huge role into being an effective teacher. Many students will have tons of questions, and you're not able to answer those questions in an effective way then you're setting your kid up for failure. Also, being able to communicate doesn't just mean being able to talk with students, you have to also deal with parents and be able to talk with on a professional level. Being able to communicate is one of the top things a teacher should have down and ready to go once school starts. Being a good listener to me, shows that you actually care what the student have to say. In my past I've teachers who didn't even bother to care what I said, so I took that as disrespect and why should I show you respect if it's not coming back the other way? As a teacher you have to realize students care a lot about what they tell you and they trust you that you're listening. No, you're not going to remember every little thing a kid tells you, but at that moment they expect you just to listen and give some type of reaction or response. With being understandable I take it from a personal experience. When I was younger my family was going through some things and I missed a lot of school. Once I got back the teacher didn't even

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