best and worst teachers

oh gosh this is hard. Big jumped to go back to K-12. Let's see. I'm going to start with worst teachers, because I seem to have a great deal more of them and can remember their impact more easily. I had a history teacher in high school who was a very nice man, but as far as teaching was concerned, he was lacking. He had begun his career when my father was in high school and ended it shortly after I had graduated. He was the baseball coach and was much more concerned with his coaching, team and baseball field readiness then he was with teaching class. I had this man two or three times in high school. He was not inspirational in the least. We were assigned reading that he never checked. The assignments that he gave and we did and were never given back with comment or grade so we had no idea how we had done. I think that there may have been tests, but I don't recall them being a big deal. He didn't lecture or lead discussion. In civics class he let my friend and I bake a cake that was decorated as an American flag for our final project. We received extra credit for going out to the baseball field during class time. Bummer because I really like history and I didn't learn anything in his class. I do hear that he gave his AP class more effort. Sad.
The best teacher was probably my high school biology teacher. Her was strict, but was very clear with his expectations that were realistic. There was a sense of order in his class. He had a good sense of humor. He too had taught my father and myself, but he still had lots of enthusiasm. He was caring, but not a push over. He explained things well. You got the sense that he had a passion for his subject, he cared about the students and he enjoyed teaching.