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I have found that the best math teachers were from community college. One teacher explained the solution to a calculus problem I had developed out of curiosity

• jimm 12y ago
  My father was a math professor at a community college. He was proud of his teaching and his students. Those students --- largely people looking to become nurses, firemen, or other professionals --- benefited from his love of teaching. He got his PhD in education during his teaching career, and even developed a game to help teach math. The game sucked, frankly, and was never released anywhere but it shows how much he cared about teaching.
• erroneousfunk 12y ago
  I took differential equations from a semi-retired Harvard PhD (this was in rural Washington State, so it was kind of a big deal) at my local podunk community college. He was also great, and started a math club for all interested students, where we'd sit around and work through high-level math problems and read math papers. He did this during his free time because he really loved math. Some of the professors there were a little zany, and had questionable teaching credentials ("Oh! You're a local businessman? Come teach a course on business!"), but the enthusiasm and... interestingness... of the education hasn't really been paralleled in high school, 4-year college, or grad school, in my experience.