A little nudge from a teacher can turn students' dreary days in classrooms into fun-filled moments of learning. All a teacher needs to do is motivate the students. Every teacher has his/her way of encouraging the students, but what trait of their teachers really inspires them? Some students share with The Himalayan Times about their teachers' motivational traits

Those teachers who are friendly and share funny stories before starting the class motivate me. Such teachers are able to grab my attention and I also get interested in what the teacher is teaching in the class.

When I was in Class XI, we had a teacher who used to teach Economics. But he never motivated me to learn. He would enter the class and either start writing on the board or give lectures. Some students used to ignore his teaching, instead they would seat on the last bench and make noise.

But the Economics teacher, who is teaching us in Class XII now, is different. Before starting the class, he makes us laugh with his jokes and he treats us like a friend. His way of dealing with students motivates me to remain focused on my studies.

— Daniel Shrestha, Class XII, Jubilant College, Kalimati

Every teacher has different way of teaching, and there are some who only make us write. They don’t prefer explaining about those topics. I do not like such teachers.

Then there are some teachers who just ignore our questions. They do not allow interaction in the classroom, making us difficult to learn the topic.

On the other hand some teachers are friendlier with students. They teach us giving several examples related to the topics being discussed, further prompting us to work hard on that subject. Once a teacher shared us about his involvement in a research in America — motivated by his success, I aspire to do something like that teacher.

— Aakash Khanal, BSc Ist Year, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Ghantaghar