First, the teacher‘s personality should be pleasantly lively and attractive. This doesn‘t rule out people who are physically plain, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm. But it does rule out those who are over excitable, depressed, unfriendly, sarcastic, or bossy. Second, it‘s not only desirable but essential for a teacher to have a capacity for sympathy—that is, a capacity to understand the feelings of students and a capacity to tolerate mistakes. Third, teachers should be intellectually honest—that is, they should know their own