So we touched on this a bit in that history thread floating around, but let's talk about it in more depth. A great teacher can make or break a class for many people. Who are some memorable ones you've had? As a rule almost all of my history teachers have been amazing, which possibly instilled in me my love of the subject. I also had a fantastic math teacher in 11th grade who just made Algebra 2 seem so easy and painless. She was so good at teaching the concepts and getting students to understand them. I recall getting a 104% on the final test in that class-- aced every question plus the two bonus questions. I guarantee I wouldn't have done that well with any other teacher.
Going back a bit, I also had a wonderful 3rd grade teacher who was a bit nutty by the school board's standards but we loved her. She was actually a stage actress (like, that was her other job), and she was always encouraging us to be super creative and think outside of the box. She introduced us to poetry and musicals, and would spend much, much longer than she probably should have reading us "James and the Giant Peach" after lunch and doing all the voices.
Talk about your great teachers!