Authenticity

Is being authentic something that just happens?  Or do you feel it is something you have to work to achieve?  There are some limits to authenticity I do believe.

I have had some teachers who were authentic inside and out.  They were their own person and did not try too hard to be something that they just were not.  I have also had some teachers that had absolutely no authenticity whatsoever.  They tried way to hard to get the students to like them.  They picture what the "cool" teacher is and try to become that teacher.  They focus so much on that idea that they don't spend anytime showing their students their true self.