If you had to teach a course on something you're passionate about (anything from knitting baby clothes through to advanced calculus), what would that subject be? And what got you into that particular subject in the first place?

I'd teach a course on 'Low-Brow' underground poster art. It combines my 3 main interests of Music, Art and Wierdness combined, and the creativity in this field is absolutely mind blowing.

I got into it after working at the SXSW festival in Austin back in 2004, where there was a poster convention called Flatstock, where loads of the top poster artists in America gathered to show off their work. At the time it blew my tiny mind, and inspired me to come back and start making posters for bands etc myself but as I've had to work at my career this has kind of taken a bit of a back seat over the last few years but sometihng I definitely need to get back into doing a bit of again.

Just realised I've mentioned Austin twice in 2 questions, your mystery Q's are reminding me of some really great memories :)

Knitting baby clothes and advanced calculus?  Definitely!

Um, no.  I do know how to knit , though not professionally, and the calculus thing... I'd rather teach how to mix great margaritas! :-)

OK. Seriously?  I would love to teach people how to auto-analyse and get to know their true selves, discover their skills and potential to excel in every aspect of their lives and to be authentic.

I'm just passionate about self-analysis and discovery.  And also about behaviour and personal growth. 

But I guess I would have to learn first how to do this.  I've been a teacher before but only an English teacher - and for a short period of time.

The things that affect people so badly that they resort to committing crime - then the huge effort that has to be made to turn around their life.  I was lucky enough to fall into this area of work when I made a decision to accept a job early in my working life and since then I have been involved in this work - in many guises - throughout my career.

My specialties include Aircraft Maintenance, Aviation Life Support Equipment, Safety, Standardization, Firearms Instructor, Patrol Rifle Instructor, and Active Shooter Response Instructor. I loved all of these in it's time, but I was always truly passionate about teaching patrol rifle & active shooter response.

My passion is something a lot more broad and less specific than the answers provided above. I would like to teach someone about cars, and the advancement of the technology of cars.  Cars have advanced in an incredible way, starting in 1886 when Karl Benz, the founder of Mercedes-Benz created the Motorwagen, which wasn't the first self-propelled car (the first was the steam-powered unnamed vehicle in 1769), but was the first self-propelled car to be manufactured and sold in big numbers as a model of a manufacturer.

But that's what I would start with, progressing to the big Ford Model T and probably ending with the newest American car with the name "Model" in it, the Tesla Model S.

Now, I might as well start with how  this passion came about. It's sort of unknown to me as to how I became interested in cars. It started out when I was a toddler, when I was interested in trains (who wasn't, at that age?). I can't remember what sparked it, but the train interest molded into cars at the age of 8, when I started drawing them. I remember (vaguely) begging my Mother for Car and Driver magazine, and I guess that interest has changed into something... well, big.

I would definitely teach dance. I think that dance is such a great way to express yourself and it helps people build confidence. I haven't been able to dance much since joining the adult world but everyone- both male and female should do one class in their life. It's so helpful and fun!