Thoughts on what makes a good teacher

I couldn't find the post for "What Makes A Good Teacher," but I figured I'd still talk about my own thoughts.  In my opinion, being a good teacher is just showing that you care for your students and letting them know you're there to help.  After elementary school, I didn't have them best of teachers.  Then once I got into high school, it was just a downward spiral from there.  Not saying I didn't have a few good teachers in between those time periods, but the ones that weren't good, definitely had some reasons for me thinking so.  I believe respect is a very important thing which links back to, in order to get respect, you have to give respect.  The teachers that I believed weren't all that great always seemed to have an attitude and always crabby.  If students in the class, as well as myself, didn't understand something they would get an attitude as to why we were even asking for help and complained that we had to make them "work" for their money.  Letting your students feel you're there and willing to help them out is signs of a good teacher.  My grandma is a school teacher and before moving to Washington, I helped volunteer in her classroom for a couple months after graduating high school.  I was able to see that teaching isn't the easiest but seems rewarding to me in a way.  Seeing your students faces light up after finally understanding something or using the tools you taught them would give me a good feeling inside.  There's always going to be those kids in your class that are disrespectful no matter what which I never understood.  Even if the teacher is rude to you, I don't think it's appropriate to retaliate back.  Maybe that's because my grandmother's a school teacher, but that's just my opinion.  Adding a little bit of fun into school work is something else I stand by.  I don't necessarily believe it makes someone a good teacher because you have those teachers that just make everything fun and you come out learning nothing once the class is over.  But if you let students know you're down to have some fun and add some into your learning, it will engage them more.  Those are just a few thoughts on what I think makes a good teacher.