What's up my little grasshoppers, today we are going
to take a trip (in the good sense) and we are going to talk about some types of
teacher we used to have when we were studying, those teachers that we won´t
forget because they had some unique characteristics that made us feel good or
bad depending on the situation. So let´s start with this list:
The "Sergeant Teacher": This teacher is well
known by students because is strict, leaves a lot of homework and is always
grumpy, you wouldn´t dare to ask anything because you knew that he or she will
nag you before he or she could answer your question. The tests with this
teacher were so difficult and basically only the nerds would approve or pass
those difficult tests. Besides, when this teacher arrived to the classroom
everyone paid attention and didn´t make any noise, you could see your
classmates quiet and scared.
The "Cool Teacher": All students were so
happy when they knew this teacher will be in the classroom, a very active
teacher and most of the times you learned a lot from him or her, when there was
homework, you could do it in 5 or 10 minutes. Classes passed so fast with the
cool teacher. All students followed him and it looked like he was a kind of a
rock star, everyone followed this teacher.
The "Mr. PhD.": This teacher is always
showing off his PhD. or any other title and his or her classes were not boring
but not that interesting like the previous type of teacher. They will always
try to motivate students to continue studying and most of the times they were
so busy doing research that they just made students present a topic while they
were giving feedback of it. Their tests were not difficult, however they are
tricky so you needed to read carefully the instructions.
The "Ship" or "Ark" teacher: We
all had this teacher. At the end of the period (semester or school year) you
passed with a 9 or 10, the ones that didn´t study or didn´t even go to the
class had an 8. This teacher sometimes wouldn´t show to classes or was talking about other topics that were
not related with the class. All students think these kind of teachers are the
worst but they won´t complain since they have a good grade without making an
effort.
The "Genious or Nerd" teacher: The last but
not least form this list. This teacher would amaze us with lots of new
information, it doesn´t matter which topic you are talking about, he or she
will probably have something accurate to say. Most of the times these teachers
could be found in the libraries reading a Quantum Physics book or any other
title that with the just fact of reading the title you would be shocked. Most
of them are nice and kind, they have unlimited patience with students and they
will teach more things than just the subject or topic they are required to
teach.
Their tests are not difficult, however you need to
give clear answers because making a bible of the test with no accurate
information won´t help you, they gave tasks rather homework and you learned
more things than just copying and pasting things.
So what teacher you had in high school or bachelors
degree? I´ll be reading you, Thanks!
While I was reading your post, I remember all my teachers! They were from al the types you mentioned, but I recall clearer the worst and the best :D And at the end, I categorized myself under one of these types of teachers. In addition to this, I started thinking about all the good things that all my teachers left in me: motivation, values, knowledge, stories and even my worst teachers taught me what I did not want to do and become, so we have to be very careful and consider what we want to leave in our students. Thanks for sharing!
ResponderBorrarIt is true that there are types of teachers like grains of salt in the salt shaker, but something curious that I have noticed, is that in the way you behaved as a student, you follow a pattern that leads you to be similar to being in front to a group.
ResponderBorrarOn the other hand, you always remember a good teacher throughout your life as a student, and sometimes you've thought, "I'm going to be like him/her," but your personality may not be similar to that particular teacher.
That is why you must demand every day to give the best, to be the teacher that over the years continue to remember you as the "good teacher"
I have had many teachers with all that characteristics. At primary in first grade I had a Sergeant Teacher because she was strict, leaves a lot of homework and she looks grumpy but I really loved when she told us stories.
ResponderBorrarAt secondary I have different types of teachers: the Mr. PhD., the Ship and the Genius or a combination of the three.
And at the university I had wonderful teachers, they were Genius but at the same time they were Cool.
This brings me good memories. Thanks for sharing =)