>> The child's heart is always at the center of what I do.
So what can you see motivated is the ability
to have children discover their possibilities and change their mindset.
By the time they're in fourth grade, many students don't believe in themselves any more.
They have struggled in some ways.
But my job is to have, help them find themselves again and the joy of learning.
I love to learn.
I think that's probably what motivates me the most.
And if I can impart that excitement about learning in what they do each day
and giving them projects that are interesting to them and have them, having them discover
that there are possibilities that they may not know it yet.
It's not that I don't know, they don't know it yet.
And then we can learn together.
And we can figure out things together.
And by the time they leave my classroom, their outlook is a lot more positive
because they have found out that it takes a lot of effort and a lot of hard work,
but also that learning is something that they have to invest in.
And I have been very successful in motivating my students to believe in themselves.
So I tell them that each day that I go into the classroom it's my dream come true.
This is what I'm meant to do.
This is what I wanted to do.
So they're in my classroom because I believe in them.