This is an interesting question. Great teachers seems to be universally great across almost all students. So finding what makes them great and spotting it early

This is an interesting question. Great teachers seems to be universally great across almost all students. So finding what makes them great and spotting it early (and eventually teaching it) would be great for the society. I really enjoyed the bill gates Ted talk where he talks about this topic and (remember?) malaria. http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html