Example of a descriptive essay:

My Favourite Teacher

"What is a teacher? I'll tell you, it is not someone who teaches

something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best
in order to discover what she already knows", this quote by the
famous poet from Brazil, PAULO COELHO inspires us to adore the
meaning of a teacher in our life. Could we ever imagine a teacher
who never feels disappointed and always walks to school can sharing
their knowledge with thousands of us with enthusiasm, without any
complaint. Teacher is a great person for each of us. Likewise, there
are many teachers in my school. Each of them teaches us different
subjects. It seems like stars in the midnight sky in student's life. Of
course, one of the stars is like a diamond dancing brightly that is like
a teacher who I love the most.

Her name is Madam Laily Irdawati Binti Zailani. She is the most
pleasing personality that I have ever come across. She is an ideal
teacher. She has all those qualities which a good teacher is expected
to has. She is teaching English , the subject that I like the most.
Madam Laily is well-built, average tall and looks very beautiful with
her long wavy hair. She always lets her hair free whenever she comes
to my class, it looks very natural. She has a small dimple on her oval
face, thats why I likes to see she smiles at me, her smile is very
sweet. She always wears her Baju kurung going to school, its looks so
polite as the pure Gadis Melayu!

Madam Laily is our English teacher. She teaches us English with

high-knowledgeable information and experiences. She loves the
subject that she teaches and has an in-depth knowledge of it too. I
never see she opens her book during her teaching. It seems like all
the information is in her head, and she deliver the information to my
class confidently. She is a knowledgeable and brilliant person. Her
confident in class likes a rope that pull me out of my laziness, slowly I
become a hardworking and exuberant towards learning English She is
a calm and cool teacher I ever have. I have never seen her frown or
lose her temper. She remains calm even when there is a crisis of any
kind. For example, I heard that Art class students are very rude and
never pay attention to any teacher's in class. Indeed, many teachers
say the same about this particular class. But, my favourite teacher
that I love the most responds with sincerely divergent
and diligent towards that class. Once, I walk in front of the class
going to toilet when I saw most of boy students there were making
noisy and ignore her who teaching before them. But, she is as cool as
the icy lake in the winter, never get angry and calmly asks students
to give attention to her.

Madam Laily gives personal attention to all the students. She

encourages me and friends to come to her desk personally to learn
English. She said that, 'classroom is for every student, so, teacher
cannot personally explains the subject to only one students
regardless others. When there is a student stands and asks
questions in class, my teacher, she will stand before the class and
explains the answer repeatedly until we all understand without any
doubt. So, I always go to her desk asking for help in my study
whenever I have free time. She always teaches me
patiently vigorously and never shows her tiredness in teaching. If, by
chance, any student tries to play the fool in her class, she is firm and
does not allow that to happen. She is a great combination of kindness
and strictness. She is also strict about hand in our homework. She
said that homework is very important as to test our effort in
understanding a topic that has just been taught in the class.

There is a moment about me and my favourite teacher which I

could not forget. At that time, just only me in my class after my extra
Sciences class ended that night. There is a group of young gangsta
from a secondary school nearby who want to disturb my sister. So, I
had a fight with them a day before without my parent's knowledge.
And, I really have no idea how this gangsta knew my class at that
night. Unluckily, they rushed onto me with a knife while I switched off
the lamp and ready to walk out of my class. One of them kicked me
on my stomach, while the others began to mocking and laughing at
me. I kicked them as myself defend, when the one who holding a
knife suddenly rushed towards me. During that panic situation, I
heard a scream of pain of a woman in the dark, while all the guys ran
away. I was shocked by the scream and switched on the lamp again.
My favourite teacher was lying on the floor and the blood on her left
shoulder. At that time I noticed that she appeared from nowhere just
to save my life. Without any further delay, I carried her in my arms to
her car, and crying praying God will help her. I had to drive her
hurriedly to the nearest clinic.

Thank God! The doctor said that my teacher just needs a rest in
the small room in the clinic. That mean my teacher was no more in
pain. I asked permission from the doctor to see my teacher. She just
gave her beautiful smile once she saw me on the door of the room.
Immediately I hold her hands and apologized for what has happened
with regret. She just nodded meekly and said, ' no more fights my
good boy, now is the time for you to be a successful person, not to
fight and make troubles'. I just crying on her hand with a thousand
thank and a promise to be a more wisely person for the sake of a
great person who always stands by me, my beloved teacher.

That is a special moment me and my favourite teacher which I

could not forgotten. Teacher who is willing to sacrifice herself for my
life and my future, teacher who never show her tiredness teaching
me and my friends all the time, teacher who is like a diamond in the
midnight sky. All your sacrifices will always be as a spirit for me to
succeed in my life. Thousands thank to my teacher!