A Passionate Teacher

The dictionary describes a teacher as, “a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession.” Any world class teacher could tell you that this definition is so simplistic comparatively to their real job and their actual impact they have on students. Teaching requires knowledge about multiple subjects, but to be a world class teacher the factors are much more complex. To be a teacher that truly makes a difference in their students they need to evoke passion in every lesson they execute, they need to teach students the importance of perseverance, and they need to instill the concept of learning how to learn.
A quality to describe any fantastic teacher that truly made an impact on a student, is passion. A teacher may have all of the right materials and lesson plans, but if they can not produce lessons where they have passion, then they are not an effective teacher. A world class …show more content…
By having passion for the lesson, students feed off of that passion and in return, also feel excitement towards the task. When reading the book “Passionate Teacher” there were so many examples of teachers going the extra mile that is necessary to be a great teacher. One example of a passionate teacher that I have experienced, is my current Geology professor, Dr. Rex Wagner. From day one of class he was aware that majority of his students were not taking his class because they loved rocks, but because they needed to complete a science credit. Instead of having anger that students did not have the same passion as himself, he turned his class into a mission. Professor Rex was determined to make students have interest about at least one lesson in his classroom. He knew that it was unrealistic to make all his students change their majors to geology, but he did want his students to develop a level of respect for Geology. He has succeeded his mission.