What Makes a Good Teacher?

What makes a good teacher? Is it the amount of homework they give you? Is it how easy going they are? Or is it the fact that you actually passed their class? What do I say makes a good teacher? Passion. Passion, is the most important trait when it comes to teaching. If teaching is not what you love, then your student's will not love what you teach. A good teacher puts their heart into every class and are passionate about helping students and educating others. When a teacher loves what they're teaching and loves teaching it, it really shows through to the students and makes them excited about learning more. Me personally, I'm not a big fan of history at all; but that all changed my junior year of high school when I took an American History class with Stephen Pagaard. Stephen Pagaard is probably the most intelligent being on this planet. When it comes to teaching history, he's the best. He made me see history in a whole new way and got me excited about each and every class I had with him. You could literally ask this man anything about history and he could answer it in full text book detail without hesitation. The education I got from this man is one of the best educations I've had all my years in high school. It was such an amazing class that I took his AP European History my senior year. Now, Pagaard can be a harsh critique when it comes to homework, but he's fair. Some students think his class is way to hard, but you actually learn in that class. I've gone through so many classes where the teacher is dull and boring and only cares about their pay check. But I bet you anything Pagaard would teach history for free. He had such passion for teaching! He actually won best history teacher award in the state of Washington. Cool, huh? He's amazing! And you may think he was some uptight nerd who was a bore to talk to. Never. Never did I go a day in his class without laughing like crazy! He was such a funny guy! I could go on and on about Pagaard but then I'd be writing an essay, which I have to do pretty soon anyway. 

In conclusion, when it comes to teaching, passion is key. :)