The following question I have pasted in a web forum and within minutes I got the following answers which I am presenting to you without any changes in text.


My question: - What qualities do you expect of (1) A good Teacher (2) A good student?

More on the question: -
Place on the screen the teachers who had taught you and look at what good did you see in them. Look also at the students around you who are now more informed and intelligent and how do you measure them up by their good standards. Let your answer be in detail as I wish to pass it on to the Teaching Community through my web blogs.

ANSWERS: -

A good teacher is flexible. (S)he has to change schedules on the drop of a dime, understand how to accommodate learning styles and preferences and abilities, etc. Good teachers need to be patient, willing to try new things, observant and up to date on where to get the best resources.

Good students are a product of good teachers

A good teacher encourages questions; a good student will not be afraid to ask questions

(1) A good teacher - must be broad-banded in delivery so as to "connect" with every attending student - s/he will use simple understandable language even for difficult topics - s/he will always illustrate each concept with examples that the students are familiar- s/he will proactively anticipate, even evoke, queries in the minds of the students and either answer them directly or better still, lead them to find the answer for themselves, s/he will encourage them to ask questions without inhibitions when in doubt, he will also foster a synergistic group culture, s/he will always try to appear and act in an impartial manner, at the same time, recognising talents without demoralising the rest - above all, s/he will be of high moral and ethical character so that the students imbibe the same by way of association and interactions.

(2) A good student will be, first and foremost, DEVOTED, humble, courteous and respectful to the teacher, approach with due humility, CURIOSITY, strict discipline, sense of refuge, constant alertness and hard labour.
Shastra says: "Shraddhaban labhate jnanam." and "Vidya dadati Vinayam."..etc.