As I grew up I felt that many teachers simply cared about their paychecks and not the students.  I can only really think of three teachers that I felt put their heart into their works.  One was an elementary teacher whom went out of her way to ensure that every child understood the material, and was doing well in general.  I had a Biology teacher in High School (he was missing a leg long story for another thread) whom was funny, inspiring, and challenged his students to think of ways to improve everything in their life.  The last teacher was a history teacher, well before the History channel ever existed on television, he made history come alive instead of simply writing notes until your wrist hurt.

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