Patience

As I said in a previous post, one of the qualities that I think a good teacher should have is patience. We must assume that each student has a different pace of learning, and therefore we can not expect everyone in the classroom to learn or move at the same pace. A patient teacher should be able to explain things several times, with the same attention and interest than the first time. It's like teaching cycling; we can not expect to get it right at first, and it must be repeated until the person gets the hang.

I remember a teacher I had in primary school. Sometimes, she asked us to explain things to other students who had not understood the lesson. I remember having a feeling of lack of interest on their part, as it seemed as if she minded having to repeat things. It was never a teacher  I remember with love or affection, perhaps, or among other things, for this.