Next up: "My Inspiring Canadian Teachers," including Dr. Rupert Ray, English and Film: In the 1970s he was teaching using Alfred Hitchcock, The Prisoner, and The Hobbit as examples. Or Mr. Godlewski, who demonstrated a property of mechanics by performing a gymnastic side lever in the classroom holding on to the wall radiator. Or perhaps Dr. Hiltz, who popped popcorn to demonstrate the statistical model of atomic decay.
I suspect teaching is like any other profession. There is a normal distribution of "evangelism" skill, and every student is going to be exposed to a few inspiring teachers, a lot of decent teachers, and a couple of shockingly boring teachers.
In the end, school is what you make of it. With any luck you will have an interest in the subjects taught by the inspiring teachers you encounter, and will find self-motivation for the subjects taught by the boring teachers.
I suspect teaching is like any other profession. There is a normal distribution of "evangelism" skill, and every student is going to be exposed to a few inspiring teachers, a lot of decent teachers, and a couple of shockingly boring teachers.
In the end, school is what you make of it. With any luck you will have an interest in the subjects taught by the inspiring teachers you encounter, and will find self-motivation for the subjects taught by the boring teachers.