How To Be “A Great, Unique “Teacher1 How To Be “A Great, Unique “Teacher HAO ZHU COMMUNICATION 171 Mar 17 How To Be “A Great, Unique “Teacher 2 Have you ever had a special teacher who really influenced you in your life?Has he/she changed your life or your thoughts?Well,i had,and he really affected me actually,He is like an encouragement for me all the time.i first met him where was in a lecture room,like most students did,where he has been teaching for over 25 years,he was a psychology Professor.and he was a really,extremely,absolutely funny guy .Sometimes he was singing a song or dancing when he comes to the class,or just stayed outside,watched us through the glass.he was always optimistic and never negative ,we learned a lot from him,not just common knowledge,but some others which we won’t learn from books.and now i have figured out why teachers like him can get a tremendous success In his/her career, which include makes his/her students like him/her,(never miss his class) there are 3 main features of these kinds of teachers:Oddness,Changeability and Creativity. You may not feel very good when you met him first time.his behaviors,his appearance,or even like what Atwood(2008)talks about her professor “this person placed one hand on the desk in front of him,took a step forward,took another step forward,took a step back,took another step back.”(Atwood,2008,P85) You might be a little intimidated by him,but once you start to get used to him or Know about him,you probably change the way you used to feel about him,he is really sort of “weird”,but it is positive weirdness.he actually knows what he does.From my view of point,he just wants to surprise his children(students). How To Be “A Great, Unique “Teacher 3 Second,doing the same thing like other teachers was not something he engaged in in at his academic world.he likes to be different,he likes to change,he does not like his students to be “prisons in a jail”,just sit on their seats,listen to him,absorb the information which they do not actually want.what he likes to do is”surprisingly gentle with youthful naviete and simple ignorance.”(Atwood,2008,p86).He sometimes likes to make his students jump right out of their skins.just to grab their attentions,This is undoubtedly the way common teachers will not do. Finally,based on Show More
