In my experience, a good teacher is one who understands individuals to help them individually understand the material, or push the individual past the required material. If a teacher just goes through the syllabus to teach the entire class the same, there are going to be children falling behind, and others who are being held back. I remember back to first grade when we started doing math. When I flew through the required material my teacher noticed. She gave me increasingly harder problems for me to solve. In a couple short days she had said she was giving me fifth grade material; finally, I was challenged. Now, if she had not done that I might not have learned of my passion for the maths and sciences. If my teacher had just said to wait until the rest of the class was finished, where would I be as a student today?
In response to Ken Robinson's TED Talk, I do believe it is important to learn the necessary skills for people to respect your life's work. What I mean by this is that people are not going to understand your ideas if you cannot speak well, or write well; in addition, people might not take you seriously. Find your passion, find your talent, but learn the essential skills.
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