Good Morning, As part of a TESOL course I am doing with Brigham Young University Idaho, we have been asked to analyse and blog about an article written by John J Ivers called: "Is the Great American Teacher Dead? Principles to Resurrect Meaningful, Effective, and Consciousness Raising Instruction. The full article can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EEitbOSQLg27UTr0KcuyoN2yqi2BUIb-/view I do not reside in America, so I decided to change the question to "Are great teachers dead?" and I changed it even further, "Are there still passionate teachers out there?" Because this is, after all, what makes great teachers: PASSION They need to be passionate enough to turn their students onto learning. They need to be passionate enough about their craft that they are forever learning, refining and evolving. They need to be passionate enough to recognise each student as an individual learner and they need to be passionate enough to want...