Goal 25: Plant a Seed
Part of the 30 Goals Challenge Series
One tdbit I carried from church was that having a mustard seed of faith could move mountains. I
believe this theory applies to educaton. I believe if I plant a mustard seed of faith into the mind of
every student, then perhaps then will believe that they can achieve success. Belief in one’s self makes
a big diference. If students believe they can go to college, then they will strive to complete high
school. If students believe they can have successful careers, then they might work towards earning the
credentals for that career. More powerful than belief is hopelessness. I see this daily. There are many
students who do not believe in themselves and they live in poverty. Their children feel their
hopelessness and ofen repeat the cycle. I see teachers who lack faith in the system. They teach
without passion and without the belief that they can make a diference.
Our Attudes
Everyday, we walk into the classroom we plant seeds in our students. When a student struggles we
can choose to say, “Yes, I believe you can do this. I will help you.” We also can choose to ignore the
student or believe the student is lazy and just does not want to learn. When students disappoint us we
can believe in them enough to challenge them to do beter or we can give up on them.
I will admit that having faith is not easy, especially when we are underpaid, surrounded by students
who are uninspired, blamed by parents, or stressed by test scores. However, I believe in passion.
Passion takes faith, faith that you as an educator can make a diference and faith that all your students
can achieve.
It is not easy having that faith, but we must muster this for our students. Trust me, your worst
behaved student is probably the one most teachers and people did not believe in. Therefore, your
belief could be the one seed of faith ever planted in this student.
My long-term goal is to contnue having this faith and to plant these seeds of faith in every student so
that I can move educatonal mountains. I have students I struggle with and those are the ones I want
to ensure I have faith in, because they probably need my faith the most.
You give me faith. I see the work educators like you do in your blogs, wikis, videos, webinars, e-books,
and so forth. You have given me the faith and passion to move educatonal mountains. Therefore, if
you lack faith in your abilites, then let me be the frst to tell you that you can and do make a
diference.
Challenge:
Refect on how you can plant more seeds of belief in your students and how they can begin to believe
in themselves.
Don’t forget to leave a comment that you accomplished this goal using the hashtag #30Goals!
Where do you get your passion for teaching from?
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57