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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
A student must like a teacher in order to learn from the teacher.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

I often hear some students talking their teachers with great passion. "I like my teacher. He is a great guy. His class is so amazing. I find myself intoxicated in the discipline taught by him." Apparently, our like towards someone can exude over to the things related. However, a careful inspection about the nature of learning/teaching process cast some doubts on the issue. Is fondness of the teachers the prerequisite for students to learn from their teachers?

First of all, the end of teaching is to pass the knowledge about the world and the cherished culture heritage from one generation to another. Individual participation is involved in this process. Therefore personal feeling is inevitable. However, one pursues knowledge out of many motivations. Emotional response to teachers can not become the only reason for one's study. Sometimes, we learn in hope of achieving success in the future. Accounting, auditing, marketing, law and some other practical courses can help one find a decent job after graduation. We take these classes because we need them rather than we like the teacher. Sometimes, we learn to find answers for the questions aroused in our mind. Where does life come from? What is the cause of some natural phenomena, such as lightening and earthquake? We navigate on the sea of knowledge, and teachers serve as guides. To this end, we learn out of our love for the truth. Thus personal emotion cannot construct hindrance in this way.

Secondly, fondness of someone is a personal experience. It is impossible for a teacher to be everyone's cup of tea. Personality varies from person to person. Different people may have different evaluation about the same person. Examples abound in our daily life. I encountered a chemistry teacher in my high school. He was dedicated to his job. He prepared his class with great effort and was strict to his students. He asked us to work hard on this discipline. Some of my classmates appreciated his effort and prized him as a qualified and respectful teacher, while others displayed dissent towards him. "He pushed us to much." Some often complained after class. Nevertheless, we all admitted that we had learned a lot from him, which enable us to get good marks in the college entrance examination.

Furthermore, attempt to win others' likeness may distract a teacher from his/her job, or even harm the efficiency of teaching.  No one can play the magic to make everyone like him/her. If the teacher put the priority on the emotional response of his/her students, he/she may try to cater to their interest rather than focusing on instructing them. He/She may set up easy task, assign little homework, tell funny stories in class, or do something unrelated to teaching. These may make the class livelier, more interesting and bring about immediate benefit to let him/her become a popular teacher. However, later on, students will find out that the class is of less value and they cannot learn a lot from the teacher and such type of fascination will fade with time passed by.  

In conclusion, although it is true that our fondness towards a teacher can trigger our interest in his/her courses and make us more willing to attend his/her class, it cannot be said that a student must like a teacher in order to learn from the teacher. After all, learning has a wider meaning to our life--it prepares us for the future, bridges us to the edge of truth. It is the love of knowledge, rather than personal emotions, that motivate us to get forward on the learning road.