On the last day of school prior to Christmas Break I gave all my tards a Happy Holidays card in an envelope with their name on the front...

Last year I had the best tard ever, but sadly, she moved away over the summer. I always think about her. She was always so happy. She smi...

The season of giving takes a whole new meaning when you are a special education teacher. Every year I get ridiculous gifts. I would rather...

A lot of tards need to have a plastic grip on their pencil in order to develop necessary hand coordination and writing skills. Tom likes pi...

Emily ALWAYS unties her shoes. Due to retardation, she was unable to re-tie them. It got old fast. Her mom used to send whole oranges, cold...

If the tards are bad at recess, they have to sit at the "ball box" and untangle the jumpropes. It is virtually impossible for them...

The naughtiest kid I had last year was in second grade. He did and said unbelievable things on a daily basis. One of my favorites was when h...

This is where I draw the fucking line. What happened to me last night was not part of the contract I signed. I am at the grocery store wit...

The green cupcakes in the picture are from a kids 7th birthday that was celebrated during class. As he was passing them out, he actually t...

Last spring, we used to have senior citizens from the local retirement home volunteer at our school. Every Thursday morning the retirement h...

The school district does not provide snacks to the special services departments. Some tards bring their own snack from home and some don...

Augusta is a new student this year. He appears very normal. He is polite, social, ordinary looking and appropriate (for the most part). The ...

One of my students had been acting overly silly and was talking out way too much. So, instead of attending the holiday party afternoon, thi...

A sixth grader of mine, named Peter has come along way since last year. His behavior has improved (he used to do things like pull the fire a...

Today, after the field trip we sit in a circle and everyone tells what they liked most about the said field trip. Now, this is my barely fun...

On our field trip this morning, one of the reetees spotted a birds nest in a big bush. The whole gang tweeted. I cleared some branches out s...

Tomorrow, the special ed kids are going on a field trip (walking around the school, outside, picking up garbage, and collecting and dumping ...

Today should be a good one as well. Being a half day, the typical schedule is a bit jumbled. Tardies DO NOT deal well with change. The last ...

 had quite an incident with one of my kiddos, Tom today. He has severe behavior problems, and is on major medication. He also constantly pic...

I teach special education, kindergarten through 6th grade. I think it is important to note that, just like candy, retards will do anything f...

I am a special education teacher. A lot of the parents don’t give a shit about their kids, especially the parents of special education stude...