p#1 Rough Draft V.2

          To be a great teacher you need to care about your class as if it was an extension of your family. A teacher who truly cares will first and foremost care about the material they are teaching and how well they are reaching the students with that material. They will also listen to their students and be able to take the criticisms about their teaching method to heart, adjusting his or her method to better reach the class. A caring teacher will take an interest in all their students on a almost friendship level. Not just with in school but also taking interest in their extracurricular activities lending support when appropriate. This makes it easy for students to ask questions and communicate with the teacher when they need help. They will also give special attention to the students who are struggling rather than push them aside to get them out of the way. They will even go as far as to take time after class to reach these students so they don't, by proxy of spending too much time with struggling students, neglect the students who are doing well. Teachers who can integrate all these things into their teaching truly demonstrate how much they care and how badly they want their students to succeed. My friend Leon (not his real name) had the misfortune and pleasure of encountering teachers on both sides of this spectrum.