What characteristics make a good teacher? This is a question that many people will hear more than once throughout their life. Some qualities that come to mind (for me) are: having the ability to prepare your students for future classes, having a friendly attitude toward your students, having the respect of the student community as a whole, having the ability to make great applications in many different fields inside and outside of class, having an inspirational aura, and having the ability to transform the lives of your students. After thinking about all of these qualities, I feel as if there was one teacher at my old high school that has all of these qualities plus more. Her name is Mrs. Kathleen Kunkle. She was my English and literature teacher for two years at my old high school. Let me explain why I feel she is the best teacher I have ever had.
The first reason that she deserves the title of being the best teacher I ever had is that she completely changed the level of confidence I had when it came to writing papers. When I graduated from middle school, I was not very good at writing papers at all. In fact, I often struggled with them in middle school. This was no different when I entered my freshman English class in high school. My teacher for …show more content…
I was becoming a stronger writer because my foundations in writing were improving as I was going through this English course because she took the time to explain what I needed to do in order to improve. Instead of criticizing and ridiculing my mistakes; she encouraged them. After about the first two or three papers, I had a different attitude toward writing English papers. I knew that I would continue to improve and I knew that the feedback that I would get from this teacher was going to be meaningful and helpful. I began to write more elaborately and I began to develop a greater sense of appreciation toward
The first reason that she deserves the title of being the best teacher I ever had is that she completely changed the level of confidence I had when it came to writing papers. When I graduated from middle school, I was not very good at writing papers at all. In fact, I often struggled with them in middle school. This was no different when I entered my freshman English class in high school. My teacher for …show more content…
I was becoming a stronger writer because my foundations in writing were improving as I was going through this English course because she took the time to explain what I needed to do in order to improve. Instead of criticizing and ridiculing my mistakes; she encouraged them. After about the first two or three papers, I had a different attitude toward writing English papers. I knew that I would continue to improve and I knew that the feedback that I would get from this teacher was going to be meaningful and helpful. I began to write more elaborately and I began to develop a greater sense of appreciation toward