The Smell of a Good Teacher

When I was a child I loved listening to stories. Among the stories I enjoyed most was one in which a giant bellowed "Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum I smell the blood of and English man." I am not a giant, and I am no sniffer of blood, English or otherwise, but I think teachers are essential, and good teachers are necessary.
 I have my theory of what a good teacher is because, like all parents interested in their children's education, I can smell the blood of a good teacher. I did not say a perfect teacher as there is not a perfect anything on this imperfect planet, but teachers must be good, or not be kept in any classroom at all.
 One of my pet statements is: "I do not say things for people to agree with me. I say things because it's what I think." So here I go with ten things I think make a good teacher "smell" like one.

1.  A good teacher keeps himself physically fit.
2. A good teacher will not perennially sit on his tail while teaching.
3. A good teacher talks ( there are teachers one is never able to hear talking to  students, unless cautioning about one thing or another, and this is no matter how many times one  passes near the class)
4. A good teacher walks amongst the students observing what they do while he is teaching.
5. A good teacher will not allow any student to continue writing illegibly, but will instruct him or her on the correct formation of every letter written in his book, so that his words are formed and shaped as best as his circumstances enable him to make  them.
6. A good teacher will not let a child continue to place bubbles "o" as substitutes for dots "." over the vowel I ( a nasty practise which is being permitted to grow like weed in a garden)
7. A good teacher will not allow any student to fail in the proper crossing of his letter "T" or the shaping of his letter "R" which appears to be drunken and toppling over between the lines of his or her exercise book, or of his letter "Y" seeming to have a deformed tail.
8.  A good teacher injects a bit of humour in his instructions.
9. A good teacher compliments any student who is clearly making effort to do better, showing noticeable signs of improvement, no matter how small these signs of progress may be.
10. A good teacher is always reading of ways to make his teaching better.