I have two and I cannot remember either of their names because I am absolutely horrid with names. They were my world history teacher and my US history teacher, both of which I had in different semesters of my junior year.

The first was, technically, a student teacher but he had complete control over the classroom because the actual teacher was close to retiring. He was extremely personable, knew a lot about the subject, and genuinely cared about his students. He adopted a sort of "no student left behind" idea and would help students who were having difficulty with the subject matter in a one-on-one session if they needed it. He was also pretty lax with the assignments and didn't give out too much homework.

The other teacher was a giant of a man but very friendly. His teaching style was a bit more rigorous and he gave out a significant amount of homework, classwork, and group work but it was all fairly easy to manage because of how much material he could go through in one class. The best part about it though was he was a civil war memorabilia collector and brought a lot of his stuff in throughout the semester for us to look at. He fired a rifled musket in class (without a bullet) and it freaked my English teacher out.

Both of them are responsible for my significant interest in history and one of the reasons I am studying to become a history teacher myself.