I believe there should be a balance. A strict teacher will be a good disciplinary education to straighten up an individual from the differences of wrongs and rights of society. However, a softer teacher will education through connection of emotions. There are 2 completely different methods of teaching that I feel a student could benefit from in-taking both types of attitudes in a teacher.

Lack of a strict teacher can lead to children growing up with lack of respect and drive to becoming something bigger than they were yesterday. Lack of a soft teacher can lead to a child growing up without being able to connect through emotion and communication. This can be negative because it can alter a child's social lifestyle.

I can't really see myself voting on this poll, however I did, but I do want to state that an ideal professor/teacher would be able to manage control through strictness and teachings through comfort.