Our Chem teacher is probably the best teacher within the school, I'm sure he's a favourite to almost anyone who does chem. Which is surprising as he's only been at our school for 3 yrs. In class he's able to muck around with us (as is his personality) and we don't really see him in the light of only a teacher, but also a great mate. Every class is full of laughs and jokes, his antics and want to make us laugh made every period enjoyable.
Despite his goofiness, we had a heart to heart where he gave us a speech. It was inspiring, something along the lines of -
We then had our school captain hand (whom was in our class) hand him the lab coat present and made his own speech. He only stated what we were all thinking, so much emotion didn't hit me until his voice started to break. Our chem teacher was always willing, always there for a laugh, always wouldn't mind us mucking around - acting our age, but he was able to be serious when needed, and that's what made him so special.
Half the class cried, including 6-7 boys (out of 24ish or so). But really, the past 2 years in Chem have been great, I'll miss it dearly and I'll be sure to try to visit our chem teacher here and there.