Sex educaton with Mr Pitt (What qualities make an excellent teacher?)

Member Name: fuzzybear

Product:	What qualities make an excellent teacher?
Date:	06/08/07 (896 review reads)
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Advantages: Educate children

Disadvantages: Behaviour problems

If you believe the news then self defense abilities and a thick skin are a basic requirement but for me I remember some of my bes teachers had some of the following qualities.


They were really enthusiastic about the subject that they taught and this passion carried over into their lessons which helped make even a subject that I was not that bothered about interesting and at least the time passed quickly. We had a history teacher who loved to act out bits from history as they explained it and at first people were taken back but they soon got used to the style and it really made the subject come alive.


A teacher needs to have authority over their class, I always preferred the strict teachers rather than the laid back ones as I felt safer in their class as I knew the bullies would be controlled and that the lesson would run a lot more smoothly. This does not mean they need to shout all of the tme but that they were able to use their voice to control the class and have a clear set of rules that they always follow, this meant that if you did something wrong you knew what the punishment would be. Also if you did something well you knew that you would get some kind of recognition.


Finally I think a teacher has to be a good communicator and able to relate to their students, they do not need to be friends but they do have to povide guidence in a honest manner if it is asked for.

Lastly it would have been nice if at least one of them had looked like Brad Pitt but sadly it was not to be.

Summary: Things I looked for in a teacher