Favorite teacher

Throughout my many years of tumbling through the current day education system, I have encountered many teachers. Some good, some bad, and some really bad. My favorite would have to be my Sophomore Honors Chemistry teacher, THE Mr. Alperin. In my opionion, what set Mr. Alperin apart from the rest was his outgoing and somewhat childish personality. He understood that we are in high school and that we have lives outside of school and made an effort to get to know his students which doesn't seem like much but it's the little things that count. I enjoyed how he made his own style of teaching and really made an effort to make the lesson plans interesting and you can see how he has an obvious passion for what he does. I remember how he would start everyday with "The NASA Picture of the Day" and then the weather report since he had always wanted to become a weatherman. I think the funny part about that is how his predictions were almost always a lot more accurate than Tom Skilling, the man getting payed 6 milllion to deliver the weather forecast. Personally, Mr. Alperin and I were able to connect on a different level than the rest of the class, and that level was basketball. Mr. Aplerin has two sons that play basketball and as a Sophomore I was playing Varsity basketball so him and I would always talk about hoops whenever we got the chance. My favorite would be in the spring time when AAU basketball was in full swing and we would share stories of hotel travels or terrible referees (Which happened almost too often for comfort). All said and done, Mr. Alperin would be my favorite teacher primarily because of his outgoing personality and love for fun with his students. 

Weaknesses

 Just like everybody else in this world I have my strengths, but I also have my weaknesses because nobody is perfect and my weaknesses make me who I am as much as my strengths.  As an ENFJ and Sanguine, my three biggest weaknesses are: Love for luxury, unnecessary risks, and I judge others a bit to fast. I have been able to work on fixing these in many ways.

 For instance I've been trying to control my love for luxury by saving my money. I have been more responsible with my income by keeping 50% of in in my wallet and regular baking account meanwhile placing the other 50% in a savings account.

 I'll be honest in that I have yet to correct my habit of taking unnecessary risks. In my opinion it is just one of those traits I will always keep with me due to my distinct personality and love for spontaneous fun. I doo understand that this often time gets me in a lot of trouble but I'd be lying to you if I said I didn't enjoy this part about me. 

Finally, we get the the trait I've been wanting to change the most about myself, my habit of judging others. I think we can all admit to having a few occasions where we've been a bit to quick to label others, and in my opionion that shouldn;t happen until you've gotten to know that person so you can make an accurate judgement on somebody and hopefully a positive one. One way I've been trying to fix this is putting myself in the other persons shoes and trying to figure their story out. I will have had made an effort to get to know them and then hopefully I will have made a positive impact in their life as well as walk away with a new relationship with somebody that I would have normally incorrectly profiled.