I remember waaayyy back in the day, one of my high school teachers tried to talk me out of being a special education teacher because of the piles of paperwork. Mind you, that was in the 80’s when the paperwork was really minimal. We’ve come a long way since then, and due to the infinite wisdom of the government, the paperwork has increased exponentially.
I have wanted to be a special education teacher since I was five (yes, five) for deeply personal reasons. I went into it solely because of the kids. Believe me, when I was a little girl I wasn’t thinking, “I want to be a special ed teacher so that I can waste countless hours of my existence writing IEP’s.” Each child has an individual educational plan (IEP) and they have to be rewritten at least yearly, sometimes even more often. Each document is anywhere from 25 to 40 pages long. Yes, you read that correctly, 25 to 40 pages per kid. That’s not counting all of the additional documents that need done for each student. By the second week in October I will have been out of the classroom for one testing day, three writing days and two meeting days. That’s six total days I’m not working with my kids because of paperwork to satisfy the state. I could pull my hair out at the absurdity of it all.
I figured if I was holed up in my classroom writing IEP’s I might as well be comfy. This dress is a total cheapy from Walmart, but I swear to you, it’s like wearing a freakin’ nightgown. I threw the blouse and cardi over to at least look like I made an effort.
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