Would you ?

I would respect them for taking the time to make me feel comfortable..meaning they feel i am important enough for them to do that!!..I would like them alot!

It is rather flattering to feel important to someone. And such a sensation of being flattered often causes a feeling of fondness for the one causing that sensation. However, this feeling of fondness is more narcissistic in nature and can not be related to "liking" somebody, as, in my opinion, to like somebody is to be fond of that person's nature with a certain amount of neutrality. In this particular scenario that has been mentioned above, I would be more concerned with the academic competence of the professor, rather than whether he "gives me a lot of importance" or not. So, in a nutshell, to quote your wording, I would prefer to like someone based on their nature and my relatively neutral judgement on them, rather than being concerned about how much importance that person gives me. Though, certainly, it would flatter me a lot.

Liking someone just because they give importance to me??I have never thought about it.However I recall a teacher of mine in high school who used to make me feel important,but,honestly speaking,I don't 'like' him.Or,I should say,he was not my ideal teacher.I think,it is essential to realise first why a person gives importance to you.

People who generally give importance to others surely have some expectations in return, mostly bad....they are very dangerous....they might want you to behave the way they want you to behave...they might find it a little difficult to accept you for who you are....but people who are good will like "YOU"...and that is long term... But to be honest I dont wish for any of the above...because i strongly feel that if i like someone,i like him/her....i dont expect him to like me back..and i dont really care if he hates me either because i came into this world to do what i am supposed to like and to like whom i wish to like....i dont want to waste my time thinking as to who likes me back...