Some people believe that the most important qualities of an effective teacher are understanding and empathy. Others believe that it is more important for teachers to be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students. Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

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Education is very important as it will shape the
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generation of a nation and teachers are key in educating the
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generation. I agree with the
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statement that the most important attributes of an effective
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are understanding and empathy. When educating children, it is common that a
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has some expectations
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his students that he would strive to achieve through his teaching. A
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may aim to have a whole
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of students scoring a flying
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in exams, or have
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the majority
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career, or have a
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of students who learn with enjoyment. Often, depending on the nature of the
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will opt for different ways of teaching. The common situation is that a
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who wants his students to score well in exams take a rather rigorous approach when teaching students.
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approach, it is hardly that students will enjoy the
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is too stern and demanding and study in fear of their
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is, of course, essential to teach them knowledges that will prepare them for their
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career. In order to pave the pathway for students to successful careers, teachers often feel compelled to be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students. It is ubiquitous that a
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has no enough time to take care of each of his students in a
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of more than 20 students. What the
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can do the best is to make sure that his students learn everything
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being taught in the
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and score well in exams, and
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is typically what their parents and the society are looking for from the schools. Since there are many students in a
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with different characteristics, teachers often have to be firm and exacting when they deliver a lesson to ensure that the students are under control and understand the teaching material.
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, there is a saying that, when you give a person a fish, you feed him for one day, when you teach him to fish, you feed him for his life.
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saying points out that students should not merely be fed with knowledges by teachers, they should learn how to grasp a knowledge.
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of demanding students to learn what the
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expects, it is important that the
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understand the ability and characteristics of his every
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. When feeling appreciated and being understood, students can often achieve a success
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beyond the
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face difficulties in his study, he would not feel fear to approach his
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to ask. Consider,
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, Anne
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well-known for her work with Helen Keller, the humanitarian. Keller was blind and deaf since she was 19 months old. In the process of teaching Keller to communicate, Sullivan faced great difficulties with her rather stubborn and spoiled
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, but she did not give up on Keller. She did not get frustrated and be rigorous in her
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for Keller to understand what she taught. She isolated her from her family, and patiently accompanied Keller.
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, Keller made a great breakthrough in associating the word “water” with the physical object. Afterwards, Keller mastered different types of communication,
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as finger-spelling, Braille, lip-reading, and even speaking. Thanks
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, Keller developed skills never approached by any similar disabled person. Keller may not be able to accomplish these successes if Sullivan were to take a rigorous and demanding manner in teaching her. In a nutshell, I think for a
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to be effective in his teaching, he should possess the attributes of understanding and empathy in his way of teaching.
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kind of teaching is conducive
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intimate relationship between
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and
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and when a
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enjoys a
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, he is more
likely to reach beyond the
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