Actually, I used to be horrified whenever a tidal wave of laughter would emanate from the classroom next door (usually every 5 minutes or so) while my students were quietly and seriously discussing the topic, completing the task or whatever. It seemed like every time it happened everything would stop and my students would longingly look in the direction of the laughter...
Then, on reflection, I figured that most of us in this school weren't getting that kind of response as a norm from students and Mr. Personality was the odd one out, not me. Also, that I was employed as a teacher, not a stand-up comedian.
On further reflection, I remembered transferring at Uni from one German class to another (it was my major), due to a timetable clash, and the class I transferred to just happened to be taught by a "personality teacher". I reflected that at the time, as a 2nd language student myself:
1) I would never have chosen a class just because it was being taught by a "personality teacher" myself - this might have been a plus, but certainly not a deciding factor
2) Although we had a lot of fun laughing, I actually wished I hadn't had to transfer because I hardly learnt anything in Mr. Personality's class. I missed my old, quiet but busy class. Mr. Personality was always so busy telling us funny anecdotes, we never seemed to get much done.
In the end I let it go. After all, my students weren't howling to be transferred out of my class or anything. And we did have some laughs
