My desire to help people played a major role as I was deciding what I would like to be doing for my second career. Even though I was aware of how bad the educational system in the USA was, becoming a teacher was one of the professions that I thought about. I started off by being a substitute teacher; I did this to see how much school had changed since I had been in the public school system. I had the opportunity to be a long term substitute at one of the local high schools. The job was for a special education teacher who had retired mid semester. I was not expected to last two weeks but, the students and I worked well together and I finished out the school year. So I have decided to become a Special Education Teacher.
As a Special Education Teacher I will ensure that each of my students has an Individual Educational Plan and instruct to that plan. I agree with Cookson that education and sociology work well together but also feel that a change has to come to help get the educational system back on track. Not sure if I agree with Miller and his thoughts about the Federal Government being involved with Education. Change needs to happen just not sure if it should involve the Federal Government.
Super Bowl perdiction and point spread. Giants will win 30 to 24.
I am sure having an individualized educational plan for each of your students is essential and worthwhile. This is a problem with the educational system today in that there is too much of a one size fits all mentality. Just because one approach is good enough for the masses does not mean that it is alright to leave people on the fringes. Having individualized instruction would benefit any student and if it is achievable then every teacher should try to teach every child and not just the class as a whole. Education should and needs to be “special” for everyone.
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