You gain more respect being nice, but not too nice as then you're a push over. My History teacher, at times, we can have a right laugh with, but when we work we're silent. We are topset History though, so we actually want to learn Once or twice, though, if we work really well she'll pass around cookies, and she once brought in a chocolate fountain and marshmellows. I have to admit though, that just writing pages and pages copied from the board becomes very very tiresome.

When I was younger Id love to have a teacher who couldn't control a class, as it was amusing, or one who wasn't strict enough to make us do any work. We call them "sit offs". Now, though, I hate them. My Physics teacher is such a walk over - I don't think Ive learnt anything all year