First, there’s the dedicated, fully committed teacher that has truly passed on the gift that keeps on giving and that gift is knowledge. This is probably one of the best teachers you will ever get, they really want to see you succeed, even if it means coming in early, staying late, or just getting involved in their student 's lives. …show more content…
With a teacher like this, if you show you are working hard, you are guaranteed to make a good impression. These teachers genuinely love their profession, and their students. Most of these type teachers are jokers. They crack jokes in their lessons and even joke about themselves, and their students. They will undoubtedly make class fun, anything to inspire the class to enjoy the lesson, and grasp the concept of what is being taught. As I think back on some of my past teacher’s good and bad, I can honestly say, these type teachers I remember the most. It was with these teachers I felt the most successful. They are special people, that have been blessed with a special gift. These teachers have a way of making you feel that you can do the impossible, and that you can be anything in life that you aim to become. We all are grateful for these type teachers.
Next, there are the old ones. We all know these teachers too. The ones have been teaching for 30 plus years, but refuse to retire. These teachers can be tricky. They can be good or bad teachers, often depending on how hard you try. Most of my teacher’s growing up fell into this category. They were tough, and they didn’t take too much nonsense. They rarely understood the trends of the time, and often asked ‘What happened to the good ole days?" but were highly skilled and very intelligent in their fields. Most of these types are willing to help their students succeed. This teacher is from the ole school, so if students got too far out line they were armed with wood planks disguised as inch rulers, which they would be used to knock some of the bark off your behind. In those times, discipline was still considered ok in schools, and the old ones had no problem using this tactic. I can remember in fifth grade I had a teacher Miss. Harris. She was the perfect example of a (good old one). This lady was a mean ass teacher, if you were caught looking anywhere besides at the chalk board and your own desk there was a problem. This meant that she had to get your attention back by any means; she would hurl chalk broad erasers at students that weren’t paying attention and for the precision hit, she would throw Red, her famous stress ball that felt like a bag of rocks hitting you. Miss Harris was very knowledgeable, and made sure that her students were too despite her unorthodox way of keeping her them engaged. However, across the hall, her co-worker, Mrs. Daniels was a different story. She was what we call a (bad old one). Mrs. Daniels had been teaching for 35 years, she had lost all of her spunk, and passion for teaching. She did not care if you retained the information that was being taught or if you succeeded in her class. She was only interested in her check that came on the last working day of every month, and she had no problem telling you so. Lots of these “Old Ones” have sub come to changing world of education and decided to