Over the course of these past few weeks, I have learned that the most important thing about being a teacher is being there for your students. Every student comes with a different set of needs and problems, and there is no one-size-fits-all for teaching. Each student needs individual attention, evaluation and care. If a teacher doesn't care for her students, there is no point in teaching them.
I have always known that if you don't care for something, you're not going to invest time or effort into that thing. It's the exact same with teaching. If a teacher doesn't take time to know her students both academically and personally, there is no way she can tutor them to reach their full potential. Without this love and respect in the classroom, a teacher isn't going to have patience or desire to teach any student.
I think all teacher need to make an effort to invest in their students more: play with them at recess, listen to them during breaks, most of all just get to know what is going on with their lives. The more a teacher invests in a student this way, the more teachable the student will become to the teacher.
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