When Tyler arrives at school today, he is very excited about that snack that he brought. He kept asking me if he could tell me something. I ...

Book Orders were due today. Only a few of the kids' parents allow them to buy any books, so it is a major deal. One of my girls really w...

go to another of Tyrell's basketball games. Why? HIS DAD IS IN JAIL AND HE NEEDED A RIDE!!! (He is serving ninety days for three DUI...

Lindsay is a very sweet girl. She has OCD and is always very anxious. Unfortunately, I am forced to take away many of her recesses because s...

A few weeks ago I received an invitation from the local Children's Theater inviting my class and me to a performance of Hansel and Grete...

 Poetic justice is sweet: This story is almost enough turn to make me question my atheist principles. Tyler's father came into the sc...

Remember Tyler's father, the one who mooned a junior high basketball game? He might be the worst parent ever. His son Tyler is a tard, a...

Tyrell was in my class last year. Dumb he was, but not really retarded. He did have major behavior problems though. He was nothing but troub...

As is life, I was so sick on Sunday night that I had to call a sub for the following day. My sub plans included writing words on the kids sm...

Tim refuses to accept the fact that we only use a capital letter at the beginning of our name. He wants to just throw in random capital lett...

Ed. Note: This is written by a guest contributor, who is friends with Riti and once visited her classroom: I met Riti Sped during a spring...

I go to a basketball game at the junior high. I do this because a current student of mine, Mark, has a brother, Dave, playing. He is a forme...

New kid Brian tells me, while standing in line waiting for computer lab that: "My grandpa was in jail cuz he busted up a lot of compu...

Augusta is in the office, waiting to go home because he was touched. It happened during PE, when they were having relay races and he was sho...

Augusta comes to school today with snacks that he was donating to the class. A regular size ziploc sandwich bag stuffed so full of nuts that...

 have to teach them about sex, in a series called "Family Life." I can hardly stand it. Primarily, because I still laugh at words ...

Trevor is in third grade. He was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and as a result if very slow. He is also very bad at reading. He guesses a...

Lewis (from 12/20: Every student is funny in their own way) approaches me and says, "Are you affected by Global Warming?" Me  ...

From Tucker Max: I asked Riti to keep a running journal of just one day in her life. This is it: - Emmy got so excited when I was looking ...

My class forgot everything they had learned prior to Christmas break, so we will spend the week reviewing. We made cards for Tucker today. I...

ugusta has spent every recess inside with me this week, due to his candycane theft before break (see Archive 12/30: Augusta the thief). He...

ugusta has spent every recess inside with me this week, due to his candycane theft before break (see Archive 12/30: Augusta the thief). He...

My best friend Jason is awesome. He is so fucking funny. My students (tards) love Jason for this reason: He is 6'8". He volunt...

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...