Essay On My Ideal Teacher

As a student, I have been inspired by a few teachers at both my primary and secondary schools to seek an interest in the teaching profession. I always thought about becoming a teacher since I was a little child attending the Northern Government Primary School. One year after finishing secondary school where I obtained most of my passes I took some time to reflect back on my twelve years at school and the few critical incidents that have cultivated my thinking about teachers and teaching. Some incidents were positive and others negative, but all assisted to shape the type of teacher I want to be in the future! A few critical incidents that shaped my thinking about teaching was the first time I came first in class, the evening I approached the lackadaisical teacher and the day where I was escorted

Singh was my teacher. Personally, I considered him the ideal teacher; he had a technique in teaching that made all his students want to learn without them even realizing it. Thanks to him I obtained my first overall grade as an “A”. My mother, Mr. Singh and I were extremely proud of me and I was surprised because I did not know I could have accomplished an “A” being considered a “C” student. As the famous quote says “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure” (Harari, 2003, p.164). From that day I studied harder, played less and focused on achieving academic greatness to continue making my family, teachers and myself proud. Mr. Singh was the type of teacher that had class outdoors on many occasions, he was a patient, firm and fair teacher who always gave everyone equal opportunity. Seeing how he taught and the way he got through with students influenced me greatly. He is one of the teachers that I will remember for the rest of my life and his methods of teaching is exactly what I intend to incorporate in