Goal 10: Plant a Seed of Belief

“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

~ Matthew 17:20


Reflecting on this goal, I believe that not only do we have to plant a seed of belief in our students but in us as well. We have to believe that we can become better professionals and teach our students in the best possible way. Likewise, we need to believe in our students and the fact that they are capable of achieving incredible things.

One of the things that we teachers do wrong is to label our students, and the moment that happens, this person is bound to fail because he or she will no longer believe that succeeding is possible.

I personally believe in all my students and I show that I do care about them, but it is not easy for them to believe in themselves after years of having teachers telling them that they were capable of nothing. So here we face a huge challenge, but if we succeed, we will feel so much rewarded!