The title here is quite appropriate for my feelings as I completed the "Qualities of a Good Teacher Survey." I found myself checking off a five on almost every box in the survey, as I felt that every quality that they listed was crucial in some way or another to being a truly good teacher, but upon seeing how my answers measured up to a nationwide percentage of people's answers on each quality, I found that perhaps my standards for a good teacher differed from many others'. Where I felt that certain qualities like having a good sense of humor, being innovative, and being adaptable to change were all crucial qualities to being a good teacher right along with things like knowing one's subject matter, the other quiz-takers didn't seem to agree with me. In fact, those former qualities that I listed were broken down almost evenly between people rating them four and five. While this still means that those people found them important, it also means that those taking the quiz felt that those qualities were of lesser important than the others on the list which might be described as "more professional" qualities and behaviors. It might just be that what I was defining as a good teacher others would define as a great teacher, but I would counter that in order to be a truly good teacher, one should hold themselves to a higher standard and strive to be the best that they can. So while my answers may not fall completely in line with those of others who have taken the survey, their answers still have not swayed me in what I truly believe a good, or even great teacher to be.
Link to Qualities of a Good Teacher survey:
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073525839/student_view0/chapter11/what_do_you_think_.html
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