Perceived as a valuable teacher

Yo-Han Koh

Albert Einstein said that “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” Although it was quite late to start learning English, fortunately I met a very good teacher who was an involver as well as an enabler, which made my English got better in a short time. My first English instructor was J-my who is a Filipino. I met her when I was 15 years old. She instructed me with 3 great methods and I want to introduce them here in my essay.

First, when she met new students, she tried to identify students’ tendencies. For me, she discovered that I am a shy girl so she always gave me the time to prepare my turn and to listen to other students’ talks. It was her great sense of elegance. I could consider that further and feel comfortable to be familiar with English. Second, she was the best time manager and tried to make us acquire English not learn English. Every day she gave us the same homework which is memorizing an English passage. On the next day, we did the role play for checking the homework. And on every Friday, she let us repeat all passages what we did for the week to acquire them completely. It has proved to be working by many scientific researches. Finally, She emphasized the exposure time to English. She told me the needed time to be fluent in English. One day, She recommended me to participate in 3 classes a day just by paying a class. I learned that time and efforts are so important to be professional in a field.

The teacher has a large influence in students’ lives. Depending on whose teacher a student meet, outcomes become totally different. My first teacher, J-my, had a good effect on me a lot. I could start to think to be a English teacher because I met the teacher, J-my. I hope to be a influential teacher to effect good on students’ lives. And moreover, there are many qualities to be an effective teacher. I believe that there are both some good points and some weak points. Considering both sides, I have to take time for improvement to have qualities being an effective teacher.