what makes a good social studies teacher? think that question begets a more fundamental question: what makes a good teacher? as a beginning teacher, the more pertinent issue is what kind of teacher do i wanna be regardless of the subjects i have to teach...
somehow i don't think that any answer i have will suffice because i believe that teachers are like fine wine, they ought to get better as they age! and well, in oenological terms, it sure ain't harvesting time so we can't talk about how the wonderful flavours of the french and american oak barriques will have upon the wine let alone the alcohol content or the pH level but at least we know what influences the terroir has had...
anyways, moving forward, a quote that might help shed light on my personal vision about the kind of teacher i wanna be would be the one listed below:
"the best wines are those that take you through themselves and out into another world that you could not have gotten to on your own. great wine has a strange subterranean current of beauty. it is not something you can summon from a wine; but a great wine can take you there" - wine spectator
well, enough said. and yes, a glass of mt langi ghiran (2003)cliff edge shiraz would be an excellent way to round up the discussion 
