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.

Education is very important as it will shape the

future

generation of a nation and teachers are key in educating the

future

generation. I agree with the

first

statement that the most important attributes of an effective

teacher

are understanding and empathy. When educating children, it is common that a

teacher

has some expectations

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of

for

his students that he would strive to achieve through his teaching. A

teacher

may aim to have a whole

class

of students scoring a flying

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colours

in exams, or have

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the majority

a majority

of his students succeeding in their

future

career, or have a

class

of students who learn with enjoyment. Often, depending on the nature of the

teacher

’s

expectation

, the

teacher

will opt for different ways of teaching. The common situation is that a

teacher

who wants his students to score well in exams take a rather rigorous approach when teaching students.

However

, with

this

approach, it is hardly that students will enjoy the

class

. They may feel that their

teacher

is too stern and demanding and study in fear of their

teacher

.

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It

is, of course, essential to teach them knowledges that will prepare them for their

future

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

teacher

has no enough time to take care of each of his students in a

class

of more than 20 students. What the

teacher

can do the best is to make sure that his students learn everything

that is

being taught in the

class

and score well in exams, and

this

is typically what their parents and the society are looking for from the schools. Since there are many students in a

class

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.

However

, 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.

This

saying points out that students should not merely be fed with knowledges by teachers, they should learn how to grasp a knowledge.

Instead

of demanding students to learn what the

teacher

expects, it is important that the

teacher

understand the ability and characteristics of his every

student

. When feeling appreciated and being understood, students can often achieve a success

that is

beyond the

teacher

’s

expectation

. When a

student

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student's

face difficulties in his study, he would not feel fear to approach his

teacher

to ask. Consider,

for example

, Anne

Sullivan who

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Sullivan, who

is a famous

teacher

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

student

, but she did not give up on Keller. She did not get frustrated and be rigorous in her

expectation

for Keller to understand what she taught. She isolated her from her family, and patiently accompanied Keller.

Finally

, Keller made a great breakthrough in associating the word “water” with the physical object. Afterwards, Keller mastered different types of communication,

such

as finger-spelling, Braille, lip-reading, and even speaking. Thanks

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for

Sullivan’s empathy and patience in teaching her

student

, 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

teacher

to be effective in his teaching, he should possess the attributes of understanding and empathy in his way of teaching.

This

kind of teaching is conducive

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to

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an

intimate relationship between

teacher

and

student

and when a

student

enjoys a

class

more, he is

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, he is more

likely to reach beyond the

teacher

’s

expectation

.