> I'm about to become a teacher. How can I be a good one? I think his point #1 is what was good for Paul Graham, rather than what makes a good teacher. Some te

> I'm about to become a teacher. How can I be a good one? I think his point #1 is what was good for Paul Graham, rather than what makes a good teacher. Some teachers would try single me out for my lack of work ethic, & it would further disengage me. I learnt better from who would expose us to ideas, & then leave us to our own devices, play makes for good learning, & play must be voluntary. The teacher I respected most taught both Physics & Programming in my senior years ( https://ca.ratemyteachers.com/michael-harwood/579411-t https://ca.ratemyteachers.com/michael-harwood/579411-t ). He didn't have high standards. Which meant I was free to explore whatever I felt like, building pyramids out of rulers, playing chess, reading about random programming languages. Still keep in touch with him. I liked teachers who would go off on tangents during a lecture. Whereas I had to drop Data Management & Probability when the teacher wouldn't allow me to read in class As for #2, there was a biology teacher who was a good teacher, very passionate, very much meets #1 & #3, but he broke a ruler while smacking it on a desk in rage, & he would tell us we all needed to be beaten like the Chinese: https://ca.ratemyteachers.com/bela-nagy/452449-t https://ca.ratemyteachers.com/bela-nagy/452449-t