"Describe the characteristics of your own most significant teacher."
Over the course of my high school career, I had many teachers who I considered influential. However, none could compare to my tenth grade English teacher. Mrs. Odabashian pushed each and every one of her students towards excellent. She was compassionate, understanding, and had a very broad understanding of the English language. She was knowledgeable in the fields of literature and had a profound love of reading. It was in her class that I decided that I wanted to be an English teacher, so that I may inspire and motivate my students the same way that she did. While highly critical when it came to essays, it was that criticism that pushed her students towards being better writers. Mrs. Odabashian expected her students to apply themselves, and expected dedication when it came to her class. Without being overbearing or haughty, Mrs. Odabashian instilled a love of learning and literature in her students. I learned so much in her classroom. She was the one that told me I would do well in the field of English, and because of her encouragement, I am where I am today. It is my aspiration that one day I may be just as excellent a teacher as she was to me.
