The best teacher I’ve ever had.

Education is one of the holiest occupations in my point of view, because due to this job a teacher can change the world. This is possible because the teachers deal with their students, who are all the kids of the world and the adults of the future. It is said that a good teacher is someone who makes their students pass all their exams. I believe that is right in a certain way, but not quite. From my point of view, a good teacher hasn’t got one dimension but two:

1. Motivation: Teachers, besides making students learn, manage to awaken interest in their pupils causing the students’ willingness to learn and to attend to school.

2. Learning by living: Teacher care about their pupils’ problems and, the most important issue, teachers stand next to their students to support them.

I had a teacher who meets the criteria. His name is Esteban and he made me change the way I used to see the world.  He is one of those teachers who will be able to make you want to learn a lot of things and enjoy learning at the same time.

He was my teacher in the high school La Morería, and he taught the Latin subject. He managed to make Latin a really interesting subject so that we could get the best out of it.

After several years and teachers, Esteban is by far the best teacher I’ve ever had. He succeeded in keeping order of the class making it enjoyable pleasant at the same time.

He’s always been there for academic as well as personal help. Honestly, during that year, I considered the possibility of not passing the course, something inconceivable for me, in order to continue with him another year. Esteban has taught me a lot about the Roman history and language. I am not just talking about history, writing, and reading. He has taught me to appreciate the little things, never to judge, and to be happy about the result of my work and effort. I have grown as a personal and professionally more in these years with Esteban than the rest of my life, and I owe it almost completely to Esteban.

Esteban did a good job preparing me for the university entrance exam (PAU), for which I am very grateful. I feel that I had studied to become a teacher due to him. When I become a teacher I want to be a good teacher like him. Throughout the years, he has become my role model. I believe that becoming half the teacher he is would be an incredible achievement.

He showed me that hard work is worthwhile and that I should never give up.

Due to all of the reasons thank you, Esteban.