What do you wish more teachers considered? (See Details)

I’m going into my last year of college, and during which I’ll be student teaching. I’ve taught here and there before, so it won’t be a completely new experience. But one thing I don’t think my classes consider enough is how to be a good teacher - academics aside.
What do you, in your experience, wish more teachers would’ve done (or should do)?
In case my wording is a little off (I’m not sure how to articulate this better), I mean things like do you wish more teachers developed positive relationships with students, do you wish they taught in a way that was more considerate of students (i.e. not giving homework constantly)?
I know a lot of students - myself included - don’t look back on their time in high school too fondly. I’m curious what others would suggest for teachers to do to make high school a pleasant experience (without changing the curriculum, of course).

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

Honestly, I think it's not about the individual choices of teachers. It's more that the job pays badly, teachers are treated like shit, and the system is set up so that good teachers burn out and leave and bad teachers can persist because they can't get a better job elsewhere.

Education needs real funding and when you get that, you get better teachers, smaller class sizes, and more positive relationships with students.

Or in short, a lot of teachers are set up to fail.

KatieKatze · 22-25, F

@CountScrofula
I agree that the system doesn’t promote good teachers and schools. But I do think a teacher’s attitude can make a world of difference. If a teacher is only there because they thought it’d be easy, then they likely won’t develop a positive learning environment.