Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - English ultimate teacher ultimate teacher There have been very few people in my life that have been able to grab my attention, captivate me, and then make me say "this is what I want to do!" Mr. Molina, my high school world history teacher, did just that. All teachers do their job, some just do it, others do it very well, but few leave a lasting impact on a student's life. Today I am in college as an education major, headed for the life of a high school history teacher. Mr. Molina's appearance in front of a class, his unique teaching style, and his uncanny ability to make class fun are the main reasons I feel this is what I want to do. Mr. Molina gave a powerful and larger than life presence even though he was no more than five foot eight at best. Although standing with perfect posture and poise always made him appear to be well over six-feet tall in front of a class. Strong arms, chest, and legs gave him a very stocky and thick build. Dark colored polo shirts and sweaters were filled out once again showing his great strength. Coupled with his short, almost bald, hair gave him a powerful and almost intimidating presence. He would pace the front of the class and speak in tones that could easily be heard though the wall into surrounding classes. If you can imagine a character in the world wrestling federation portrayed as a teacher, pointing and yelling at you with the veins in his neck pushing outward, that was Mr. Molina. Despite his intimidating appearance, Mr. Molina's way of delivering his day to day material is what ultimately caught my attention. He would start every class off with a joke just to loosen the class up and set the transition into the day's material. "You could be a red neck if…taking the trash out meant taking your in-laws to the movies," then the laughter would ensue and the result would be a class of 30 attentive and ready to listen. He would never stand in one place for longer than one minute. He would push the portable podium all over the class room, as if he could not decide all semester where he really wanted to put it. Standing straight up and speaking with such enthusiasm and interest that you would be taken back and could almost imagine yourself in the exact situation that he was describing. The one thing that you could really tell watching him in front of his class is that he really enjoyed what he was doing up there. He could tell you the ins and out's of the world wars, Vietnam, and the downfall of the roman empire and make it interesting and fun to learn. Class discussions, jokes, projects, and finding ways to apply the material to life were some of the many tactics he used to keep the class evolving and entertaining at the same time. He knew that you had to make the class fun and interesting to you, because if you can't have fun you wont be interested, and then the whole purpose of learning is lost. Now I know that it wasn't Mr.Molina's appearance, unique style, or ability to have fun at his craft that made him such a strong teacher. He was strong because he showed us ways to use what he was teaching us in our own lives. For that reason, he not only made us smarter, but he made us more complete people at the same time. Bibliography: Word Count: 593
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