I’ve had many good teachers. I came from a place where no one told me how special I was, much like your students, and it made all the difference for a teacher to believe in me. I went to college graduated at the top of my class, and went on to do great things in my small way. It does matter that we believe in ourselves, and sometimes a teacher is the only advocate for what is possible for us. So please dream big for your students. If they don’t always meet the mark now, it doesn’t matter they may catch up later in a big way the way I did. It’s more important to speak the word of encouragement and affirmation and maybe even a little exaggeration at times… Tell them they can be anything they want!!! And believe in yourself and that you can inspire others, you are called to do that, that is your mission field. The only way I have found to stay inspired is to constantly keep stretching myself to be better, praying, fighting, crying using all of me to be a better me. Kudos to you for loving humanity enough to try to make a real difference.!!!!