What were the characteristics of your favorite teacher?

[Zante]

No homework’s, easy exams, good grades.

In history classes, something that was always bothering me was that we had to memorize all those years and dates. Not just the big ones, like when did WWII end, but every single one. I always hated that. One teacher we had only required us to know the century, so I liked that.

What I liked were thematic videos (we watched Save private Ryan or some such when we were learning about the battle of Normandy for example), going to a museum when it fit the era that we were learning about, visiting some excavations, stuff like that. Pretty much anything that was fun.

The best teachers where those who could teach us everything we needed to know for the exams in class, so we didn't have to do any studiing at home.

During oral exams, I liked the teachers who allowed us to talk about a given topic freely, and didn't just ask questions.