did your teacher's likeability affect how much was learned?

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In one of my high school classes, I had a wonderful, involved teacher who actually cared about her students and did everything she could to help them learn and pass.

I loved her for her devotion. My classmates hated her for the exact same reason. She actually READ papers and graded them reasonably. That meant that failing papers got a failing grade, and passing papers got a passing grade. None of this "favorite student" crap.

She disciplined students that caused trouble, and arranged the neccesary meetings with parents and officials if a complicated "problem" arose.

She actually did her job!
I learned alot in her class, and made good grades.

But my classmates favored the lazy teacher who didn't grade, give out homework, or discipline his students appropriately. Slackers.
I did not learn alot in his class, but I still made good grades because he gave everyone good grades. But I like learning.

I had a few favorite teachers during my school days, but from my first day of school onward the typical noises that fill the inside a classroom, along with the lights, the whispered conversations, and the odors would usually drive me to distraction. All the things I learned that were important or of interest to me, I learned outside the classroom, usually at home or at the public library.