What Makes A Good Teacher?

His attitude emboldened me to make a request: ”If I can get the correct answer by proving it logically and not memorizing, would you mark it right?” He said he would, and I got through geometry with his help.

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Janice Swindell on her teacher Mr. Savage.

http://www.teacherlove.org/mr-savage-leicester-high-school/

I felt as though I was the only child in a class of more than 20. He made each of us feel that way.

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Lena Deskins on her teacher Mr. Hocker.

http://www.teacherlove.org/mr-hocker-dublin-elementary-school/

Mrs. Boughton created a classroom where every child felt secure and loved.

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Barbara Bolich on her teacher Virginia Boughton.

http://www.teacherlove.org/virginia-boughton-st-thomas-elementary/

Each day, she shared personal insights that made us truly understand the life lessons she was trying to teach.

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Amy Pope on her teacher Mrs. Ingle.

http://www.teacherlove.org/mrs-ingle-heritage-high-school/

She told me she would be watching me all year and making sure that I was working up to my potential.

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Alicia Rodgers on her teacher Mrs. Flouders.

http://www.teacherlove.org/mrs-flouders-oakmont-elementary-school/

She continued showing me unconditional kindness and love, no matter what my attitude was for that day.

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Danetta Hurt on her teacher Ms. Reid.

http://www.teacherlove.org/delma-reid-northwestern-high-school/

She never had to raise her voice, but we all responded to her firm but kind tone.

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Susan Bomber on her teacher Mrs. Slater.

http://www.teacherlove.org/mrs-slater-lattie-coor-middle-school/

No one left her classroom without learning what it meant to be kind, how to share, how to have good manners, how to speak respectfully to adults and to each other and so much more.

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Eren Cooper on her teacher Emma Cooper.

http://www.teacherlove.org/emma-cooper-emma-e-cooper-primary/

What I liked was that Kathy made me feel welcome and comfortable in the classroom.

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Laura Zindle on her teacher Kathy Kriesel.

http://www.teacherlove.org/kathy-kriesel-stafford-elementary/

He even made arrangements for me to audition for a scholarship to cover voice lessons in high school because he knew my parents could not afford to pay for them.

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Anna Marie Joyce on her music teacher Mr. Huggele.

http://www.teacherlove.org/neil-huggele-fulton-elementary/