My Favorite Teacher

A favorite teacher is more than just an educator. He doesn't just sit at the back of class and complain about bad test scores or a lack of effort from students. A favorite teacher does not hand out busy work assignments because they do not feel like teaching their students that day. To be my favorite teacher, you must be more than that. 

My favorite teacher creates. My favorite teacher inspires. My favorite teacher fights for attention. He improvises, customizes and constructs. My favorite teacher goes far beyond the traditional blackboard bully that stares disappointingly at you through his glasses. He designs lessons that challenge his students while giving them hope to solve the problem. He helps his students correct their own mistakes without causing them to feel poorly about making those mistakes. He uses everyday objects, like a deck of cards or a pumpkin, to show students that class can be unpredictable and, dare I say it, enjoyable. 

Day after day, My favorite teacher exposes my peers and I to new material without boring us with textbook reading. He discusses without lecturing. He teaches without losing our attention. He makes us laugh, daily. He is a refreshing breath of fresh air in a room full of hormonal, sweaty teenagers. 

His best quality in my opinion, is his ability to read the class. My favorite teacher knows when and how to crack a joke. He knows when to explain a topic further. He can make us forget about the past 5 hours of nonstop learning. Furthermore, he even gives us the class period as a study hall when he notices excessive stress in us (most likely due to the constant testing that is prevalent in my school). His class is an oasis, but only because of the clean water he brings. 

However, do not let that discredit him about his teaching. My favorite teacher knows more about Statistics than the SuperComputer at my future university does. He knows how to use visual aids to simplify the most confusing subjects, as well as showing videos on how others have solved the problem at hand, teaching us students that there is always more than one way of solving the problem. He knows when a Null hypothesis has the correct normality verification when N is greater than or equal to 10n, whatever that means. 

Moreover, not only is he a magnificent teacher, but he also is an unmatched coach. My favorite teacher is multifaceted, with the ability to teach students how to find standard deviation as well as how to run a 4.1 second 10 meter dash. He can inspire student both on the track and in the classroom. 

My favorite teacher has the most well-groomed beard in the school, a fire Instagram with more followers and me, and a state-winning cross country team. But more importantly, he has the love of each and every one of the student that go through his classes. His personality is unparalleled and is character is impeccable. 

My favorite teacher is Mr. Zamaria