Compassion

It's important to put yourself in someone else shoes. If you don't, you lose touch with what other people deal with and can become self-centered. As a student, I liked the teachers who were there to help and understand what I was going through. Teachers who were too strict were hard to work with and seemed annoyed with teaching the first place. It is, however, very important that compassion does not rule how you teach. Give too much, and people walk all over you. It also makes the class boring and agitating because you learn nothing and feel like you're wasting your time. Compassion is definitely needed, but only at the right amount.