Who is a good teacher?

Who is a good teacher?

Knowing is one thing and teaching is another.  Even if you major in English and you are quite a fluent English speaker, that doesn’t mean you can teach it well. When I graduated from Education College with four full years’ curriculum, and went to the boys’ middle school, I was not a good teacher in the sense of teaching well. In the classroom at school, there were 35 students mixed together with different abilities of English and even different personality traits and needs. To be a good teacher, I struggled to find the ways to teach them "well”. Through a lot of trials and errors, I think I learned many valuable things as a teacher and I’d like to share with you my three pieces of advice here.

First of all, empathy and love for students are the essential component of being a good teacher. When you really love someone, you get to pay all of your attention and listen to them. Thus, a good teacher becomes a good listener and observer. While opening ears with warm heart, the teacher can figure out the needs of a student and appropriate methods to teach the person effectively. This also goes the same way to the psychological and mental conditions of a student. Recently we face a lot of tragic news about  juvenile delinquencies such as bulling, depression, and suicide. If we can prevent such tragedies, how it will be nice! Don’t forget. Teaching is not a one-way path but interactive and cooperative work.

Second, be yourself. Find your genuine teaching style. If you look back on your school days, you might remember many teachers who taught you “well”. Did they teach you with all the same way? They might not do. Try as many different methodologies as you can apply to your class and be aware which one is effective and which one has which strong and weak points. Practice good teaching methods of your colleagues you admire to follow until you make them on your own style. Eventually, you’ll find yourself distinguished among other teachers.

Third, be a life-long learner. Let’s say you’re already a good teacher. Then you don’t need to learn any more? I don’t think so. A teacher is the best role model to the students. If the teacher shows his continuous effort at studying not only the subject matter but many different areas, students get to respect him naturally and be inspired to have some motivation of studying harder. Students are changing year by year and  accordingly their conditions, their needs, and their problems are changing as well. Don’t stop learning whatever you want and try to adapt something related to your class. A teacher is not just a messenger of knowledge, but a person who can give a valuable life lesson.

Therefore, a good teacher is not  the present perfect,but the present progressive. In the process of many trials and errors, endless efforts of self-improvement, and consistent caring and considering of students, a good teacher is born and evolved for a better future.

Who is a good teacher?

Class  3,    Okay

    Who Is A Good Teacher?

      Who is a good teacher? It is very difficult for me to write down the sentences with this title. Therefore I spent a lot of time on thinking and reflecting about myself. I am a teacher and a parent at the same time. I have raised  my children and more and more I have felt myself mature as a parent and a teacher and more and more I have had positive thoughts towards my children and my students. So my thoughts and my ideals have changed towards better ways and more positive ones. In my opinion, a good teacher should have at least three qualities, firstly:  to have firm knowledge about his/her major subject and to have the passion of teaching, secondly: to comprehend his/her students, thirdly:  to have good teaching skills.     
     Firstly, he/she should have firm and complete knowledge about his/her major subject and have the passion of teaching. It means that he/she has to try to have complete and absolute knowledge to teach his/her students very hard and to try to teach eagerly. When he/she tries to do his/her best, all the students come to know their teacher’s minds. Therefore all the teachers have to study even  harder than before. In the past a teacher’s degree was one of the best degrees. However, other degrees may be more valuable  nowadays. Therefore he/she must study harder than before.
     Secondly, he/she should comprehend his/her students. He/She must consider their feelings and conditions. When his/her students even make a few mistakes, at first he/she can scold them quietly and he/she can lead them towards better ways. Later, his/her students will appreciate their teacher. In my opinion, scolding  his/her students once is enough. In the past, I often watched a teacher scold his/her students excessively at the teachers’ office.  They had ill feeling towards him/her as a result.  Thirdly, he/she should have good teaching skills. It means that he/she has to try to have the abilities of teaching them harder. He/She can acquire these abilities through many teachers’ training courses. He/She can develop them through visiting other teachers’ lessons.  A good teacher always should study his/her major subject very hard and make teaching materials which the level and position of his/her students fits his/her students. He/She translates his/her textbooks and should make handouts for his/her students.
      In conclusion,  a good teacher has to try to have these qualities.  A young teacher who is about 30 years old said, “Teachers are always like students. Therefore he/she must study hard and he/she has to teach them eagerly.”  I totally agree with this opinion. As a teacher, he/she must live with this mind. Therefore, he/she should teach his/her students hard and sincerely.   
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Who is a good teacher?

Who is a good teacher?
class 3, Mr. Kang

Who is a good teacher? What is a basis of a good teacher as a teacher, not just an adult? What makes difference of a good teacher, regarding the qualities of a good teacher as teacher? There are three qualities I define as a good teacher.
First, I am sure that one important quality of a good teacher is easily teaching skills. The teacher who has good teaching skills can help to give a good solution to his students who are in trouble. Teaching skills of a good teacher themselves can give students something, where to go and how to go. For instance, when my school day, whenever I had a problem with my English study and test, a respectful English teacher(Mr. Lee) gave me true advice and explained easily how to study English. During his classes, I could understand his all explanation by his lecture skills. His lecture was important but easy.
Next, consideration of students is an essential requirement to be a good teacher. A good teacher always must have a consideration of students’ mind. I think a good teacher needs to have two eyes. One eye can see appearance itself and the other eye can see student's inner world. That is to say, a good teacher can read some student's difficulties and understand their feelings. So such a consideration of students can be a motivation for students to open their mind.
Lastly, a good teacher must be honest to students. I believe firmly that honesty to students is the most important requisite to be a good teacher. Most parents want their children to be honest and honest teachers can make honest students. Of course, it is not always easy to be honest but a good teacher must make a constant effort to be honest to students on all occasions. I am sure honesty can change students’ mind. I always remember a very honest teacher(Mr. Gong). I respected his honest mind. And his honesty motivated me to become a teacher.
Getting along with teachers well is as important as getting along withe parents during their school day. You’ve just read an essay on 3 qualities of a good teacher, and you obviously have some knowledge of the subject along with your experience. Anyway, I believe that a good teacher may be another good student and a good student can be another good teacher, too!

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