Motivation

I saw this on facebook this morning.  It spoke to me and so then I posted the quote onto D2L for my students to see.  Next week will be my first opportunity to meet my clinical practicum students face to face.  I am going on a road trip overnight and making stops at the three hospitals on the North of Vancouver Island where I have x-ray students doing their level one clinical practicums.  They have four months of theory under their belts and this is the first time they will have the opportunity to practice on real people.  It is stressful for them especially at the beginning.  I thought that this might be a good conversation piece.  I feel that it is important that everyone feels smart.  I spent a good part of my learning not feeling good enough or feeling like I didn’t measure up to some standard of smartness.  Everybody excels at something.  One of my goals in motivating students is to encourage them to discover the genius that lies inside of them.