A favorite teacher of mine once told our class that we should be passionate about something, whether it's learning or athletics or politics or family or whatever. What's important, he said, isn't what you're passionate about but that you have passion. It was a short little speech and he only gave it a couple of times, but it stuck with me as it probably did with many other students.
Belief and passion go hand in hand, though of course I know they aren't the same thing. Really you don't have to teach people to believe in things, for the most part everyone already has beliefs. But I think teachers should make it clear that faith is the right of every human being, that beliefs are personal, and that they cannot be forced upon others. It's a very simple concept, albed.
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