Greetings Reddit, I'm in my 40's and am an aspiring Special Education teacher to severely handicapped. For the past 6 years I've worked with moderate to severely handicapped students aged from kindergarten up to high school, in low socioeconomic urban areas. (I worked with this population all 4 years of my high school experience as well.) I have 30+ letters of recommendation from parents of students, teachers, principals, specialists, and even a few administrators. I entered a credential program 6 years ago & have taken every class offered by my university towards Special Education. I'm only 2 classes away from completing the program, but for the past 5 years I've been held back because of my inability to pass a state mandated math test. My inability to pass this test which is mainly 8th grade math (Algebra, Geometry) & below, has me wondering if I should even be teaching at all. Do I have the right to be a "teacher" if I struggle so much with general math? I have a documented severe reading disorder, math fluency disorder, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, and ADHD. My difficulties, have made math & other academic subjects punishing on me for my entire life. I don't mention these difficulties for pity but for you to understand that math, reading, spelling & a trillion other things are really bleeping hard for me. All in all, I feel, and have been told I would be a great teacher to the severely handicapped. I enjoy the challenges of this job & I love the students. Truthfully though, because of my inability to pass this math test as more time goes by I feel like I'm not worthy of being a teacher. My inability to pass this test has really beaten the crap out of my self esteem and bashed up my soul pretty damn good. So, what do think Reddit? Is it time for me to find a new job/career? Any thoughts, opinions, advice and even trolling is welcome. -Thanks
Submitted June 21, 2017 at 06:33PM by gilbeythebeast http://ift.tt/2ss8lC6
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