Passion

Passion is an important part of being a teacher.  I decided to become a music teacher because the teachers I had for music classes were passionate in what they were teaching.  On the other hand, I had a math teacher that seemed like he didn't really care about what he was teaching us, so I didn't feel very motivated because I didn't know why I should care about it if the person teaching it didn't care either.  A teacher needs to have a passion for what they are teaching, because it will motivate the students to do well in the class, and will possibly awaken a passion for the subject in the student.