What the 3 most important qualities of a successful teacher are

Teaching something to students is quite challenging and worthwhile, however, not always enjoyable or satisfactory. Sometimes, it is hard to teach students, so I would like to suggest 3 important qualities that a successful teacher has; knowing how to get students to be motivated, flexibility, and fairness.

In order to teach students efficiently, teachers are required to get students to be motivated. I consider that how to get students to be motivated is one of the most important skills teachers have to acquire. The students who are highly motivated to learn are genius. They absorb anything quickly and efficiently. They can find the best way to learn for them automatically because they are so fascinated and similarly enjoying learning. This is the first quality of a successful teacher.

For the second quality, teachers have to be flexible. Even teachers sometimes make a mistake, however, it might be difficult for teachers to admit their mistakes because some teachers may believe that teachers are not supposed to make any mistakes. They are so afraid of making a mistake and try to justify what they did when they made a mistake, but the point is making a mistake is so bad? No, no one can be perfect. Teachers can grow up through a bunch of mistakes as students do. The more flexible teachers are, the more free students are to challenge what they want to do. Thus, teachers should be flexible toward students and themselves as well. Flexibility is the second quality of a successful teacher.

Lastly, the third quality of a successful teacher, which is basic but primary, is fairness. Students are so intuitive and sensitive. Favouritism, discrimination, prejudice, bias, students can easily catch those kinds of things and it directly influences their behaviours, attitudes, and more importantly, their personalities. Besides, teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each student, so teachers have to treat students fairly all the time and ought to value each student’s idea.

In conclusion, the most important 3 qualities of a successful teacher are knowing how to get students to be motivated, flexibility, and fairness. Students are invaluable diamonds unpolished. Teachers have to polish those carefully using 3 tools and find a shine that they have inside. I believe that is what a successful teacher does.

by Yohei