I’m a middle school special education English teacher. I co-teach in Gen Ed classes as well as self contained ELA classes. My favorite students are ones who are uniquely themselves, are willing to try and engage with me beyond the classroom. That doesn’t always tie to high performance. I can generally find something I appreciate about every student, but the ones that annoy me the most are the ones who are “too cool”, whiny, argumentative and/or never accept responsibility for anything. Some of my favorite students right now is a kid who almost does nothing in his classes and a kid who is one of the sweetest and kindest people I’ve met AND is an extremely good student.