What I Value in a Teacher

There are several qualities that I value in a teacher; those qualities are encouragement, understanding, roll model, I feel like a teacher should inspire their students and teach them to think critically. Thinking back to teachers I have had in the past I really admire teachers who have taught without making it feel like you are learning. Who teach in a way that makes it fun, interesting, challenging, while applying it to real life. I had a teacher like that when I was in high school taking Japanese for the first time. Mrs. Goto did a good job drawing out good qualities in her students by being very attentive, challenging us when she knew the materials were too easy, being very approachable during and after class, and teaching us things that we could apply to real life. It wasn’t always easy, but she was always there to help us through it. Even though she had a class room of 25 students, Mrs. Goto always had time to help students one on one. She encouraged us to help each other and not just learn from her.  Mrs. Goto used very creative methods of teaching us the material; we danced, sang, put together plays, did exercises, and could only speak Japanese in class. She went above and beyond to really teach her students.  This is my example of what I value in a teacher.