What makes a good teacher

Sometimes we may hear, "I will never forget my teacher. He was so good!" or "I don't know the subject because my teacher was not good." Listening to these and other statements of the kind we begin to wonder what makes a good teacher. I will try to dwell on the subject from the students' point of view. To begin with, a good teacher should be intelligent and knowledgeable. It goes without saying, that a …

…down on students, as he / she respects students' opinions and personalities. On balance, taking everything into consideration, we may state that becoming a good teacher is a long and hard process, which involves both professional training and moulding of personality traits. Though, I have analysed some characteristics and qualities of a good teacher on behalf of the students, I consider my analysis to be quiet objective and hope good teachers cannot but agree with it.