I always respected Authentic teachers & people in general. I had a few growing up. Its also important to be fun and figure out ways to get their attention. My Mom was a 3rd grade teacher and I still have people come up to me as adults. They always say I loved her rain forest unit. She would make the entire classroom look like the rainforest. She also had real animals from the rainforest in the classroom. I don’t know how she knew these people who would bring them but she did lol.