The Teacher

As human beings it has been one of our traits is intelligence and with that comes the ability to learn at an incredible speed.

However learning can become a pain, like in places such as schools where kids go to learn 5 days a week for half the year about subjects they may not care about.
I hated maths and english and the languages back in the day simply because I would become so bored.
I would often have a problem with drifting into a day dream for 5mins by looking out of the window.
Before the teacher would realise that they were being outclassed by a view of a Nissan Micra sitting outside in the rain they would ask.
"James"

Ahhh yeaaa

"Would you like to explain to the class how trigonometry works?" 

I don't know....

"That's because you weren't listening. You were to busy looking out of the window weren't you?" 

*Shrugs* I don't know...

"Go stand outside, you can look out the window at lunchtime and just think about being outside" 

At the time I would simply blame this, not on myself, but on the fact that the subject was boring and I would rather be outside in the rain having a staring contest with an ugly car in the parking lot.

I look back on this and I still have a similar opinion, however I don't think the subject was boring. I think the teacher was boring. 

And who could blame them? They need to teach the same shit day in day out, year after year to an equally bored group of teenagers. 

So from this you have two options... 

1. You repeat the work you teach in the easiest way so you can try and get your point across in black and white so time goes quicker for you. 

2. You can take this information that you know like the back of your hand make it interesting. And almost perform in front of the students. Then they are more likely to pay attention and therefore more likely to learn and retain the information.

I mean if you want to be reallllly good at teaching you need to be passionate about what you are talking about. Then you can let that passion flow into the energy into how you show that information to your class. 

Remember how I said that I hate maths?

Well I don't hate maths when I'm listening to Neil Degrasse Tyson...

I just get lost in his eyes 

I mean look at him!!! 

Watching Cosmos on Netflix in bed at 3am is a just amazing I highly recommend you try it even if the Science in it is relatively simple. 

Its a similar effect as the one you get with David Attenborough when we listen to him and get lost in his voice. Your just like... 

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIES OF BIRD I'VE NEVER HEARD OF!!! 

In terms of teachers I've had in school and my actual education... 

I've had a wide mix 

Through Primary school. I didn't have one teacher I liked I just sat there and looked hungry. 

They even made me sit at the front of the class on a separate desk to everyone else next to the teacher so I would listen better and actually learn. Clearly when the teacher has they're back to you and facing everyone else... You don't learn very well. So I got put into the lower year (For maths)

I only learned from extra hours before school even started. 

Secondary school is where shit got interesting. 

Because I somehow got put into the highest class in maths from in year 7...

I taught myself to get into a higher class. 

Here I had a Sarcastic Geography teacher that actually made geography interesting.... 

I had a english teacher that actually taught me how to write well, and how to tell a story rather than just make us read Shakespeare as a class. 

My Favourite teacher so far has to be my Technology teacher. 

I had this guy from year 7,8,9,10,11,12,13.

He was strict but in a good way. He let me explore, fend for my own thought and encourage good design. 

He is definitely the reason why I'm looking for more of a design career. 

He inspired me. 

The kind of person who had a great knowledge in the field and passion for his career of teaching. 

I think he was one of the oldest teachers in the school as well because he had been teaching since the 70's.

And then there was my A-level Art teacher who doesn't deserve to be mentioned.