My favorite teachers both of them have one thing in common is the connection they make with their students. My first favorite teacher was my first math teacher in middle school, and I think he is also the one who gave me the great math initiation that led me to choose to study math as a major during my college and now want to become a math teacher. He often provokes a lot of philosophical thinking about life that leads from math problems in addition to explaining math, and also gives students a deeper understanding of the relevant points. The same goes for my second favorite math teacher, who encouraged me unconditionally and recognized my achievements in learning math, and who also helped me analyze the pros and cons when I was faced with very important choices, which touched me a lot at that time. Both teachers are very good at teaching, and they are very good at tailoring their teaching to the needs of their students, for example, when assigning homework they would have different requirements for different students, for students with average grades they would ask them to consolidate the fundamentals of their studies (grades are very important to students in China), and for those with good grades they would want them to have other connections besides math.
As for my least favorite teacher, she didn't have any link with the students and would even blow the students off with a single test score so much (as I said earlier, grades are very important to students in Chinese public high schools) so that the whole class at the time didn't have a very good impression of the teacher, but I didn't have much of an impression of her any longer, and I chose to study on my own at home a month after she took over our class.

Krystal, you provided a thoughtful reflection on your favorite math teachers, especially how they connected with students and tailored their teaching to individual needs. The examples you gave, like the differentiated homework and philosophical discussions, really show how they inspired your love for math. It would be great to hear a bit more about how your least favorite teacher’s approach affected your learning experience
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