Why I want to be a special education teacher

1/13/2011

When I was seven parents were told by my first grade teacher that I was lazy and that was the reason why I was further behind the other kids than I should be. I had detention almost every week because I had bad grades which my teacher blamed entirely on me. When my mother finally got sick of me being extremely angry all of the time because I hated school she asked if I could be tested for a learning disability. The exact quote she got was “do you know how much that will cost the school?” After a month or so of my mother harassing the school to test me they finally gave in. the results showed that because of vision problems I had up until first grade that I was behind in almost every area. I had dyslexia before my vision was corrected so all through kindergarten I was seeing things differently or not at all. After my vision was corrected I had to essentially re-learn everything because I didn’t recognize simple letters. When the tests showed that I needed help in school they put me in the special education program. I stayed in the program all of the way through high school because It took that long for my math skills to catch up to every other student. Through the years in my “time management classes” as they were called I was fortunate enough to have GREAT teachers that I looked up to. Those classes meant the world to me because I could get one on one help when I needed it and they showed me how to stay focused and prepared. So I guess the reason I want to be special education teacher is so that I can  help kids who are experiencing the same struggles I went through  in school, and make sure they don’t feel left out and ignored like I felt. Also there may have been four or five teachers I coach Osseo Senior High Track with that told me I would be a great teacher.