text: what was it about your favorite teacher that influenced you most?   some teachers just got up in front of my class and went through the motions, this is your homework, this is your book, do your work. the best teacher i ever had was a science teacher in 7th grade, she actually cared about all of us, worked hard to do interesting projects in class, took the time to make sure we all understood what was going on, and talked to us on a level that i can say was just a little bit ahead of us. she new our music, she knew the movies we liked, and she knew the way we talked. she had to make a lot of effort to have that much interest in us, and she still is the best teacher i ever had. i know she is still teaching at the same middle school in southern california and i know that the kids have voted her best teacher of the year 3 years in row. she is still the best. science is now my life, and it is because of that one science teacher and the way she taught and the way she brought her life science class to life.