The Special education program is ruining people's confidence and lives. I got put in those classes in 6th grade until 10 grade. I didn't learn anything during that time, so I eventually started acting out and getting into trouble. I got kicked out of school in the 10th grade for fighting. I few months later I started taking GED classes and It was a struggle. I remember taking a GED assessment when I started. I was on a 6th grade level and within a year, I passed my GED. 4 out of 10 high school graduates can't pass the GED. I have graduated from college since then with an associate degree and I have a great job, but I will always remember my past. All of my classmates that were in Special education with me are in jail, dead because of drugs, or working fast food. I'm the only one that truly made it and that's because of Jesus Christ and my family that never give up on me
I was also labeled "special ed" as "learning disabled" or LD. I personally think they over diagnose these things. Special education is important for those who really need it but if you put a child in special ed unnecessarily it can be EXTREMLY detrimental emotionally and educationally. I picked an easy career because I felt I could never be smart enough for the career I wanted - Nursing! I am now working on my BSN and pregnant with my first child
@@kevedavoight7981 hey, I been in a special education since 1st grade and I’m in 10th grade now. As I got older I’m starting to lose confidence because of this program. I have a IEP. Special education makes me feel Stupid 🤦♂️.
I just needed a “little” help so the put me in special ed everyday this damn teacher talks to me like I’m 2 or something. I’m in 7th grade by the way and she asked me if I knew how to do subtraction, like how stupid does she really think I am. I literally feel like I’m an idiot when I’m in that classroom it’s insane!
REPTILZ RULE fuck special education teachers there don’t give a shit about you at all. There hold me back so many years my time i reach middle school and high school I was behind so many years and these teachers only care about the money
Frosty Snow Flake same I'm in 7th grade now and a "special needs student" which btw soon I'm most likely gonna stop going there the teacher is horrible at times she will mock students, people who go to her room to take tests that they missed say she is rude also I feel dumb when I go there cause I'm with 3 other boys and I feel like she tries to make me feel worse about myself cause I'm the only girl and that I am smart. I hate it 😩😒😣😞
Joker Joker ikr it is all about the money cause the "special ed teacher" at my school needs a life she only got married last march at like 33 but instead she embarrasses students in front of there peers
For those of us who are in the disability community we get treated like if we are animals I graduate high school 2011 this video is nothing but lies there are not care about you after you graduate from high school i've been home ever sense I graduate special education i did not Learned anything in special ed I stayed in high school from 2007-2013 i fucking hate it so much there only care about the money they didn't guve a diploma tnere fucking give me a iep you cant do shit with it whoever is in special education they have no future in life I went to my college next to me and there didn't except me because because my reading skills and I Math skills were very weeks and I just found out every community college in my hometown rejected me because I didn't have a regular diploma seriously I hope trump Close down special education because it's nothing but a waste of money just to rip off disable people in school No it's hard to me to control my anger it's hard to me to control my own demons is that I let my demons control me and I blame the school for not helping me I blame them for everythingWhen I got bullied at school teachers do you do shit about it
I grew up in special ed, and it sucks so much. The term "special ed" is demeaning. I remember in middle school I had anger management problems, and this teacher would tell me that if a kid was giving me problems, then I should just come to him instead of trying to solve it myself. Once I finally took his advice when this other special ed kid was calling me a f***ot, I went to him, and he said "what do you want me to do about it?" Sarcastically. This problem exists because special ed either gets really compassionate teachers, or teachers that are so sh** that they couldnt qualify for mainstream. Imo, there should be no E.D. program. If you are actually mentally disabled, then sure, get your own tailored class, but if you just have behavioral issues, then be in mainstream. Putting us in special ed only makes us a target for bullies and socially isolates us and makes us feel like we are trash that doesnt matter in the slightest, and it shelters mainstream studenta because they dont have to deal with us. But they will in adulthood. Theres no "special ed jobs" you cant hide us away at the boys and girls club either. It only creates a false expectation of reality for them. And as for helping our behavioral issues, how is putting us in a separated class full of other kids with behavioral issues going to help us. It only reinforces the maladaptive traits. Special ed is a garbage program. It should only exist for the mentally disabled.
I don’t have a learning disability, but I do have autism. I just wanna put my two cents in. At my high school (I’m from Delaware), we have this thing called Huddle every Wednesday, which is basically useless and wastes learning time In my case, I have two huddle leaders (whom I like), but I’m shoved into a huddle with other IEP students whom I barely know. The saddest thing is that I’m the only really high achieving student there, and one of three or four girls. Honestly schools should have 2 different special Ed classes: one for students like me who only have behavioral problems (or mild intellectual disability), and the other is for those who have severe autism/pronounced learning disabilities and integrate those with behavior-only disabilities into mainstream classes, provided they have the appropriate accommodations (such as being able to take breaks)
I was in special ed, too. That was one of the problems I had with the program. So many of the kids in there didn't have even the slightest learning disability. They had behavioral problems, and because the school board didn't want them disrupting regular ed kids, they dumped them in with us special ed kids, expecting the special ed teacher to baby sit them rather than educate them. I hated it. And it is made even worse when these kids with these behavioral issues know they're in there for that and not because they're "stupid," which creates a dynamic where they feel they are better than the students with learning disabilities. But the school districts don't want to dump money into solving the issue. So many times I would ask myself why someone was in a special ed class when it was apparent that they didn't belong there.
The real problem is the government shouldn't be running our schools. More then 30 years ago they had schools for kids with slow learning disabilities. I went to one from 3rd to 6 grade with teachers who put in a effort. In the 6th grade I had a teacher Mr. Stalton he Kept some of us after school and taught us algebra he would take us home after school. The government decided to cut expenses in education and they closed all the schools. There was no Bullies because everyone in the school had learning disabilities. It's not the teachers who are the problem it's the government. Then when I went to junior high we called it back then now middle school they threw me in a special education Class with kids with needs beyond. My teacher was horrible I hated the class. Fortunately for me I was taken out of the class In the 9th grade. I don't know how I did it being that I was far behind my grade level. It took me an extra year to graduate.
@@tarag7292 this upsets me a lot. the reason why I’m in special education and have an IEP is because I have a hearing impairment and was told that if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t even be In the program and would be with the rest of the “normal kids” and I was also told by a TEACHER during my IEP meeting that I didn’t act like your typical “sped” since I get really good grades and because i’m an honor roll student. I got upset with my sped teacher one time because he mentioned how there have been times where I forget that I have history homework and get upset when it’s the due date since I never did the homework. The reason that upset me was because I’m very responsible with my school work and I don’t allow myself to have a grade below a 90 and always do my homework (I’m a perfectionist and put a lot of pressure on myself) and the ONE time I do forget I have homework he ends up focusing so much on that and makes it seem like it’s an occasional thing when it only happened once. I also have a friend who is in the program with me and the one time she seems visibly upset her mother gets a big message by our sped teacher on how her daughter should be in counseling for “behavioral issues” when she is usually very well behaved and polite and just happened to be upset that one day. I feel that there is a lot of discrimination against students in the program, and the times you make one mistake no matter how good you behave, and how amazing you are academically, that doesn’t matter to them because at the end of the day in their eyes you’ll always be a sped and there will always be something wrong with you.
When i was in high school i was not challenge in my special ed class, so I just skip school almost every day. Please remember do not be a prick to the student that are in special ed, we are already having a hard time because we feel like are being label.
@@Abbimation. me too! And I take an AP class this year. One of my fellow Honors friends, who has ADHD, says the school system is prejudiced against people like us. She says that that was why she kept her condition a secret from everyone (including me) before starting middle school
nightmastercool97 97 Let me guess they fucked up your life after high school and it was hard for you to find a job well after special ed it took me eight years just to get me a job after high school and none of my worthless teachers ever ask about me I never got any email or any Facebook message asking me how was I doing all these years they fucked up my life they fucked up my education as there are the reason why am working in the shit
Yeah I'd rather be in normal classroom but on the bright side I did pass high school with a normal diploma haha jokes on them I get the easy way out. And some people think I'm stupid because of my appearances so I get away with shit so they can go fuck themselves.
i was in special ed from 2nd grade to 8th and it made me feel like killing myself but never said this to anyone not even my parents but people made fun of me and teased me and i also have a speech impediment and had anger issues they made fun of that to of course but i started trying very hard to get my grades up and worked on it i got straight As but one B and even started liking books like my favorite series is wings of fire. In freshmen year i was just in modified English and modified math and now i a sophomore still in modified English but im getting tested on in a few weeks to get out of it i've been fighting for this very hard and i think my friends and books really helped me on this and this video really inspired me so thank you very much.
My teachers didn’t want to help me and yet all they did was judging me and telling me I’m nothing but a troublemaker I went to the California school which by the way I’m not gonna mention any names and they told me I was going to be nothing in society even my special ed teacher told me you are nothing but a troublemaker I am now working in a shitty job making shitty hours and I have no friends I never had any friends before and my special ed teachers didn’t want me to do anything in high school seriously I don’t get it they can help regular students go to college. but they can’t help it disables doing it to get any service after high school I mean I’m happy to have a job but I fucking hate it I can’t tell you how many times I got in trouble but it puts the ball in high school and I really hate him so much seriously he was telling me that every week you’re supposed to get into my opinion The college the committee to college didn’t want to except me because of my record and because of my low GPA I tried to apply to a GED program at my community college they fucking rejected me How the fuck am I supposed to get an education the people at my college didn’t want to except me I went to the disability service center they didn’t want to except me because of my low GPA really hate special education it really ruined my life all they do is fucking judging you and blame you you 24 seven don't know why I can't go to college because of my low GPA and for that I blame my special education teachers they don't teach you anything I seriously have been home now for nine years and not doing anything I try to sign up for basketball and the fucking coach didn't want me to play I don't know why just because I don't know how to play basketball and everybody was making fun of me just because I don't know I play basketball I told gym coach at my high school teach me how to play basketball that motherfucker told me go on UA-cam that's what I did I went on UA-cam after that I didn't know how to play he put me assistant manager it means I have to set up for the team drinks and snacks and then we just tell you I fucking hated it so I quit and everyone at my team was mad at me I don't give a shit at all I was trying to do to be famous at my high school anyway I tried to go to college they didn't except me because of my disability and because of my ADHDireally hate my life now because i not doing anything My social worker and my social service I'm not doing shit for meAll they do is just meet you at Starbucks and sign some papers and in special-education all they do is give you 2nd grade reading I'm almost 27years old and I'm not doing anything in my life I don't get it why do they love to judge disabled people for no reason besides I have no friends all I ever did in high school was just getting in trouble and my teachers always lying about me I really hate my lep meeting All they do is lie about you that's all they do and my English is not that good I have speech problems and for that I blame it on my speech teacher for not teaching me anything just play some cards and also they give you frist grade reading and math i been doing this since frist grade They don’t care about us they just care getting next paycheck seriously these teachers are evil
same and i'm so very sorry but I'm not going to be like you i'm going to try my hardest and I'm not going to blame anyone i will try try and try my hardest to become someone inspiring to anyone with a disability because i think we who try we try harder then everyone else i will change the way everyone thinks about us.
@@itsvenombro3058 when you said California schools like i completely understand California schools are the worst place for special ed student to be in.
i got pull out then got back in cuz my mom wanted me to go to a "good school" to get a good gpa I fail math (also had to re take 7th grade honor math cuz i fail it last year) and idk why i got triggered at a 7th grader said do u need help with the math btw i was doing it fine so it took a lot of self-control to not say fuck off and punch him also i did not ask for help.
It does, it actually does but hey you can't let people label you. Everyone has they capabilities I know alot of people who suck at certain subjects and I was better at it than them. Keep your head up, I'm pretty sure you have a lot of unique talents that no one has.
Aren't you a high school drop-out? I have poor fine motor/gross skills, meaning I may can't keep my balance while riding on a bike, or can't play sports at all. I'm good at some things, but I sadly won't drive anytime soon due to my poor vision (Visual snow.)
I was put in special ed, and its fucked with my life in so many ways. I was forced into a classroom because a lable was shoved on me me "autistic." I was an outcast and was bullied like the rest of the special ed students. It didnt help my family thought so little of me because of my autism and oh boy they sure werent secretive about it. It stunt my social skills because we were isolated from everyone all of middle and highschool. I also learnt nothing during special ed, i never got to learn fractions in math and continued to read childrens books in 9th grade. I barely passed school, i am the only special ed student who got a diploma at my school because i had to try really hard at school, unlike the others who weren't able to. I want to be a psychiatrist. Did my school help me out with college like other students? Short answer no, they never taught me how it worked. I hated myself so much because of all these things. Schools should not be treating children like this. They aren't a nucense, they aren't a mistake, They are humans just like everyone else. It's a shame we have gotten to this point, and still nothing is being done about it...
@@animefan2454 as someone who was in special Ed from 1st grade into 12 grade and graduated college anyway plus the foul. Just stop laying down and taking it you don’t have to accept it fight back. Don’t just sit back and let that shit pick you apart go and test the theory from your teachers that your not good enough and destroy that myth.
I know how you feel I use to get pick on a lot on elementary for that yeah I suffer from learning disability a lot because of that you sometimes I would always question I didn’t ask to be like this but it’s all in the past I till this day I still suffer from learning disability I know how to read much more better now and write they're just a couple words that I can't spell or that I can’t read out loud or I can write other than that yeah I'm better much more better than i was back in elementary one advice I can give you is if if you do suffer from learning disability is I'm happy to admit that I have learning disability because I never learned to give up
"It makes me feel- can I say the word? ... Stupid" Awesome to know these teachers are denying their rights to express themselves with words that aren't even considered profane!
I as a parent don't like my children using that word, I can see why he asked for permission before saying it and I'm proud of him that he spoke how he felt. I hear him.
I hate the word "stupid" I hate being called it. It's like being called the N word. I once almost knocked out my 22 year-old nephew for calling me that word
I thought I was the only one who felt this way about sped but everyone here proved me otherwise! I’m currently a senior and have been in sped pretty much my whole life. I genuinely hate it. Because while all my friends are taking honors classes and challenging themselves I’m stuck in resource classes because of my Anxiety. Sped really does make you feel stupid and really lowers your self esteem even if it’s unintentional. I want to try and contact my counselor to see if I could try at least one honors class because I really want to challenge myself and plus it looks good on college applications.
Being in that class really makes you stupid and lazy of learning I’m a senior now and I only learn algebra 1 for three years Bc I’m in that class and I never took any chemistry and other science class Bc of that class I tired everything to. Get out of that damm class but all I get is oh no even my mom thinks same thing that class really makes you stupid
Unfortunately if you’re a senior it’s to late. You can go to a community college and work your way up if you do well at a community college you’ll be able to get into any college and look better than any high school student. I was in your situation and I’ll tell you that high school is utterly meaningless you shouldn’t feel upset or embarrassed. I’m living proof this can be overcome as I graduated from college after going through all of this.
@@JJJJ-he8bz Hey thanks for the encouragement! I’m actually planning on going to a community college after Highschool and I’m hoping to do better there. But yeah my last comment was written at a time where I was still deeply insecure about not taking any honors or AP classes because I thought it reflected on my intelligence and how successful I’d be. But now I realize that those things don’t matter as much (or at least they shouldn’t matter much) and doesn’t reflect on my own capabilities thanks to advice like yours. I’m so glad that you did well in CC and were able to become successful! Best of luck to you in life and thanks again for the support!
Anytime. If you do well at a community college you can get an academic scholarship to a university. I had a friend did this. It took me a long time to get rolling but that’s because I let this shit get to me. Once I just started taking care of business I took off and before I knew it in 2016 I got my associates and in 2019 got my bachelors. It took a total of 7 years but from 2015 on I was a different person because I didn’t care anymore about my past. You can be much faster than I was if you just let this all go once you leave high school you’ll truly be free to accomplish whatever you want and nothing holding you back your time to will come.
adam jacobson i did not do anything in special education all i ever did was bull shits works i had no future after high school they were keeping me behind in high school and i was not smart in high school
I'm about to graduate from High School. I personally feel like Special Ed has robbed me of a Proper Education. Since Kindergarten, Special Ed has ruined My Life. These Teachers are in denial to these Students. We can't do shit. Why? The Teachers have everyone on their side, that will take up for them. While the students don't have anyone to take up for them. That's why I think the program should be shut down.
PsychoLavos did they talk to you about your future after high school did they help you go to a good community college because my school didn’t do shit for me after I graduate I didn’t have a chance to go to community college because of my low GPA
When I was in middle school my psychiatrist told my mom to put me in a special needs classroom, but the school refused because they said I wouldn't learn anything. I'm glad I wasn't put in special ed because if I was put in special ed I would have never been able to pass the TASC exam at 18. Yes I dropped out because I was bullied in my regular ed classes. But if I was put in special ed I would have never been able to pass that exam.
I would of never made it to my high school graduation and to college had I not fought for my right to a better education in 7th grade. Now, Im studying education Special Education I want to be the voice for the quiet voices of those rooms. Who will fight for them? No one will only me. My heart is in it and I it will stay forever.
I’m an freshman in high school and I am in sped classes and all my other friends are in regular and they are learning at a faster pace and I’m in a smaller class with like 2 or three teachers aides and learning at a slower pace isn’t fair and I ain’t special ed I’m a regular kid so sorry (sped isn’t for me) leave a like if you want to be taken out of special edd
That is because these students are kept in restrictive settings and are not getting the socialization they need and are supposed to. They are supposed to have exposure to the general population of students. Some special ed programs even have students that volunteer to come and socialize with them. This is a violation unless the IEP requires such restrictions of the student due to their disability which is extremely rare. So sad that all they want is friends, most of the LEAs know nothing about an Individualized Education Program. Education Department makes all their money off of special education that's why they love placing kids in special education yet the kids get nothing, what a disgrace!! Poor kids suffered, I really hope there is a class action.
Honestly tho, I wanna improve the special Ed system, which is why I want to be a special Ed teacher when I grow up. Those with special needs need to be integrated into our society, and them interacting with Gen Ed kids is the only way
@JCPS UA-cam channel its for people who needed help for teachers to help them if u pass all the classes you will be placed in regular classes i was put in regular classes for science and social studies because i dont really needed help
I hate when kids would ask me "Why are you in special ed" I would make up lies and I would say to them "Because they want to see if I'm different in a special ed room than a regular classroom, they will switch me back in 2 months" My parents would say that I'm not dumb I'm smart but the thing is im lazy and I would never pay attention in class and that's why they see me struggling, so therefore they thought It was best for me to be put in a special ed room, I was never special ed my entire life until I was put in special ed for the 7th grade, I wasn't in the special ed room on the first day of school I was in a regular classroom advance and then later on in April of 2019 I was sent to special ed and I spent 3 months in there and by that time I was being picked on by alot kids I started being depressed I couldn't take I wanted to kill myself then staying in a small classroom learning about 6th grade science, I'm *SO* embarrassed and I'm even nervous to go to school now I don't know what classroom I'm going to be in they said if I did really well in that classroom they will switch me back to an advance classroom so I'm really nervous
I know the feeling it’s like torture but I learned that the so called regular education kids was dum as rocks cause they made fun of me yet I was helping them with their homework she class work I had regular classes the small class was just my homeroom I had a teacher for extra help but for the course of the day I was in regular education classes passing with A and all the other students use to tease me but yet ask me for help which made feel good cause I realize that they ain’t no better we all need help but it’s really like torture.
Yea, I was put into the class years ago. I didn't really think of it at all and I didn't care till 7th grade (I'm still in 7th grade today) I've seen internet memes about special ed and all that stuff so it made me feel like it's embarrassing to be in those classes. But I really like the teachers, they actually treat us like a student and not a baby. Sometimes, I would hide from students if they saw me in those classes because those students who would walk pass the class are in the advanced class.
That was me in middle school the students would ask me why I'm in special ed and I would make a witty joke just to dodge the question and I remember being embarrassed to be seen with the special ed kids because most of them we're intellectual disabled and the other kids be looking at me like what's wrong with him
Oh wow! I can relate to this video. I was in Special ed classes my whole life. I was always bullied and called names. I know what it's like. Now I'm 32 and I have a job that I've been on for 4 years and I do cooking videos and I'm thinking of doing travelling videos.
Shadya Brown-Hall i’m glad someone is speaking out against the special ed system You are so lucky that you have your life they made my life miserable and special ed in six years from now I’m going to be 33 years old and let me just tell you something my life has been fucked up by the special ed system I can’t even continue my education they have made my life fucking miserable
You go girl!! I was special too, because we were treated like whenever Mount to anything I wasn't given the skills I need to go to college. I hate it because I can pass every college course except math, the professor's dropped me from their classes because they said I do not have the math skills and would take too long for me to ever develop them
How the Law Should Be: 1. The School Should Need to have at Least 2 faculty members who Independently come to the conclusion that a student has ADHD, learning disability, mental illness, etc 2. The school Should first consult w/ the student for his/her opinion and then need the Permission of the Parents/Guardian to administer an IQ test or psychological evaluation. 3. The school Should have to Consult with the Student's Doctor before making any kind of diagnosis or prescribing treatment such as forcing the student into therapy or drugs under threat of expulsion. 4. The Parents should have the Right to a 2nd Opinion from a 3rd party doctor if they disagree w/ the school psychologist's findings.
J Shirls iq test isn’t always accurate but they should test students to see if they could do both special ed and regular ed I did I’m high school it was good!
Thats how mild and real special education worka in my school but its all about money, in america people are overally brain washed and dumb, some upper social school people putting shy, bad students, etc to ed istead of putting bullies who actually have problems like anger, family arguments etc.
special ed is TERRIBLE and NEEDS reform. Special education held me back from taking classes that were within my grade. I was excelling in music in art in elementary school, until fourth grade. Because I was deemed a “slow learner”, despite being one of the smartest kids in my class of five, I was held back a grade with music and art. Instead of going into fourth grade classes, I had to take third grade classes DESPITE PASSING THEM. I had to do the SAME SHIT in fifth grade. not only this, but teachers would constantly grab at students if they spaced out, would always be physical with them to get their way, and would always scream in the faces of HEARING SENSITIVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN. and then wondered why students felt fuckin scared of her smh. she even got mad at us for saying that we were scared of her and “took points off our point sheet for disrespect.” Then middle school came. Things were... alright in sixth grade. I was able to take classes that was in my grade level... but I was prevented from going to more classes. Similar to elementary, I wasn’t allowed to take art, home ec, music, and even history class. (I only was in my history classroom to take the constitution test.) Then seventh grade, the worst year, came at me. I wasnt allowed in art (still!), history, home ec, music, science and history. I attended a guitar class for a few months in seventh grade, only for my homeroom teacher to pull me out of it DESPITE THAT I WAS EXCELLING. Not only all of this, but there were punishments that heightened my anxiety. If I had a panic attack, meltdown or breakdown in class, the teacher forcibly removed me and PUT ME INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER ACTIVE CLASSROOM WITH 20+ STUDENTS. I had SEVERE SOCIAL ANXIETY at this age and I was used to being in a class with no more than five people, so imagine the utter fear I felt when all eyes turned on me when I walked in a gen ed classroom. Imagine the fear I felt as I had snot running down my nose, puffy eyes and a red face, walking into a classroom with normal students taking a test and they all just sit and stare at me. We had this “level system” where id you behave perfectly for long enough, (meaning no melt downs or any kind of anxiety.) youll move up a level. I was always stuck on level one and two bc of my Autism, severe social anxiety, and ocd. I would constantly have anxiety attacks, pick at my skin/hair, and I would be too anxious to ask for help. Because of showin these symptoms I was held back on the level system. But whats so special about this level system you ask? Well say if someone gets to level three, theyre actually allowed to take science and history class! Wow! So if you act like a perfect little normal kid for a few months, the school will deem you ready to take HISTORY AND SCIENCE CLASS. The fourth level (being he highest, and takes 4 months to achieve) has you be able to go to art, home ec, music, and on field trips. 8th grade was the first time I ever was put in a gen ed classroom. My mom moved out of the suburbs and we moved into the city of Chicago. I was FINALLY in a gen ed class and it hit me like a brick. I was SO far behind with almost every single one of my classes (except reading) because I wasn’t taught proper shit in special ed. Especially in math, because guess who was never taught how to do percentages! I knew little to nothing about the revolutionary and civil war, and I barely knew a thing about science. Special ed ruins lives and I demand that its reformed. I’m currently a drop out working to get his GED. I dropped out of my junior year in high school because I thought “education wasn’t for me” and that i was too retarded to take “normal people classes.” I hope a special education teacher sees this comment and understands the absolute struggle of autistic children who have the misfortune to endure special ed. I hope that if one is reading this, that they take the time out of their day to fight for autistic kids’ right to learn basic knowledge in classes. sorry for the sob story, but this hit way too close to home to not say anything. sped fucked up my life and education and it hurts seeing it happen to other autistic kids.
double donut not just autistic kids I've seen non disabled students in those toxic classes back in my high school years sped teachers only care about their salary since they get paid more than regular Ed teachers just to ruin a students life no wonder i hate this fucking country so damn much the system is truly fucked up some sped teachers might come across reading your comment but they know and do not give a shit
I have autism and was never put in special ed due to my high IQ of 144. Even though in gen ed i had assistant teacher in almost every class. I found that 3/7 weren't toxic. 2 of which were really understanding. I found that 9 /10 were nice to me and 5/10 helped more than 5 of the assistant teachers. I never really meltdowns i think i had 3 but instead i have shutdowns.
This happened to me too. It hit me in 7th grade thag if I don't fight no one will fight for me my parents can do so much. So I rebelled I fought back and I demanded a better education for myself. I was 13 years old learning my ABC'S treated like a 4 year old and I fought back. I was placed in gen ed but my teachers would kick me out and send me else where to do busy work for the school I was a secretary to them. I fought and was punished for it so when my state exams came I failed them all. I didn't fail the school failed me they failed to give me a proper education. So I threatened them if they didnt let me learn im the classroom I would call the state education board. Which is what I did long story short many teachers got their teaching license taken away and many were fired. I moved after that year for my personal safety due to the bullying I faced. I was so far behind I didn't know anything from the 7th grade material and when my teachers asked me I just said " my teachers would kick me out of class as soon as I walked into the door they didn't want me to learn" and it broke them here was a 14 year old closed off shy scared just wanting a better education. They helped me learn and I scored higher grades than my peers and I had this hunger for learning. Now here I am nearly 21 years old studying education so this never ever happens again. It ends with me they cycle breaks with me and I will refuse to let it happen to any other child.
I have autism and all the special ed teachers treated me like I was five and acting like I didn’t understand facial expressions like happy sad despite being in 7th grade and they talked to me in this baby voice that made me want to punch them
I’m in special Ed in high school and I agree with a lot of you guys I get embarrassed because I’m with kids that have a lot of issues because I’m behind the other kids because of my high function Autism. It sucks and I really wish one day I can have a normal high school life with the kids without issues but I know that’s probably never gonna happen
Do you want to know what sucks is even more I'm staying home and I'm not doing anything I graduate high school 8 years ago and I have no future these teachers They Don't Care About Us they just care about the money and it's really sad for me when I see people talking about their children's future in front of me I was at the gym the other day and I saw these family and friends they were talking about the future that this one kid he was talking about he was going to be a doctor and I went to the bathroom and I was started f****** crying not because after the pain I was crying because of the pain I was crying because what special education teacher said to me I was crying because I'm disabled I was crying because I know I'm not going to be anywhere and if you try to reach to your special ed teachers they're not going to help you I tried to reach out to them multiple times and no luck they don't care about you once you graduate you think I'm lying go and try to reach out to them after you graduate that I did not going to care about you anyway I'm staying home and I'm not doing anything it sucks yeah I do have a job but I'm not working every day because of SSI it's f****** sucks when you can't go a college it f****** sucks when you have no friends I wish I was no more and these teachers They Don't Care About Us they just care about the money I'm sorry that what the system failed us I have been saying this for a long time special education it's a trap in my opinion this is just my opinion they just loved just to keep us behind so we cannot get away with others
Venom dark I’m sorry you have to go through this I agree it’s a trap because I’m in special Ed because I’m far behind in school and have High functioning Autism. But what I hate about is they don’t let you have any freedom they don’t let you talk to the regular kids and they treat you like I’m one or too it sucks I wish there was a way out of it is there?? I feel your pain I’ll keep you in my prayers
I’ve been in special ed since 4th grade now I’m in 8th grade and let me tell you I’m tired of it I did not even choose to be in special ed it makes me feel forgotten and worried that I have no future I don’t want to be forgotten I want to be remembered long after I’m gone I hate it I like the kids in my class and I think it’s detrimental to there futures as much as it is for mine tomorrow I’m gonna tell all of them
As someone with autism and adhd who got out of the special education system and has friends who are currently in the process of getting diagnosed with autism who are in most of the honors and accelerated courses at my school (I am too). I don’t give a fuck that most of these comments are 5+ years old I finally feel like I am heard and understood even though my friends with autism can understand me to a certain degree they can’t empathize with my experience in the special education system and just reading all these comments finally makes me feel like I am heard and understood by others. Thank you so much!
Anyone else is having a hard time at their job because of special education and because of low reading skills I was placed in special education for 15 years of my life and let me just tell you I graduated back in 2012 and I just quit six jobs because of my situation are used to work at Walmart to six months ago and I hate it so much and reading skills was very hard for me and the managers and employees were very rude also and they don’t they don’t help a lot I have been treated very bad most of my life and now I’m walking a shitty job making shitty money and now I quit Walmart and. I’m working only two days a week so thank you special-education for ruining my life
Why not you go to adult high school and job programming? Never been to adult high school, but it will help you to rebuild confidence and turn your life around, having job program will give you a boost of getting you a job. Also, I can read well and having no problem of my reading skills.
I was in special ed for the dumbest fucking reason, my TCAP scores. I’ll admit, I was lazy, because I really didn’t feel like taking a 3-hour state exam two weeks before summer. I wasn’t stupid, just lazy. Now, I have an MBA from ASU, and work for one of the biggest trailer loading conveyor companies in the country. These students aren’t stupid, the system itself is a failure who only cares about students that don’t need special attention. Besides, people who bully special needs kids usually turn out to be washed up shitbags who peaked in high school.
I was a special needs student and was in special education my entire school career I was bullied until I got in the Red Cross and made a life for myself
Carla Linton. When I was in school. I was in Speacial Ed.And I had Low Self Esteem because I thought I was stupid because I was in Special Ed. And when I Graduated from High School. I got a Special Education Diploma.
Carla Linton: It shouldn't matter, you should still be able to go to a community college and take the placement exams. You may have to take some extra classes until you get to college level work, but you can do it. I was in mid-level Sp Ed and I graduated from college. It took me 5 quarters of math to finally get to college level math, so 6 quarters total of math. It can be done! You can do it!
I was in special ed classes from 6th grade to me dropping out 11th grade. It was tough because i was laughed at and joked. I was labeled " slow " or " dumb " simply because i learn different and just needed a few more examples. It's not a learning disability nor special education, its a better understanding of the lessons being taught. Think about this example: Every student including YOU reading this has had some type of struggle of a subject like Math or Spanish, is that a learning disability? If you agree then anyone that struggled with a subject during school has or had a learning disability. It's amazing that the same people that laughed and joked me aren't as intelligent or successful as me. Even the girls i asked out laughed in my face are now in my face asking me to hang out😂. It hurt that i was treated like that but the people that treated me that way need me and im teaching them things... nobody is perfect and i want any Gifted students reading this to know that don't worry about what people say because those people will continue to fail and struggle in something you're good at ❤.
@@niyagohard9551 It’s literally so embarrassing when you’re taking a test and special ed teacher calls on you loudly to go to another room like bitch stop fucking embarrassing us,
Fr same and it’s embarrassing walking in with the teacher and she comes up to me saying you want to do it here or in the class I’m like here tf stop embarrassing me like that Ik I’m dumb but can you at least not talk so loud 🤣
I had trouble paying attention in school so I was in Special Ed with the handicap kids. My friends have intellectual and development disabilities. It was cool. But I had a teacher who would bully the other kids and me.
They had me in an extra math class with like...8 other people and that made me feel hella dumb. Like I was so dumb that I needed two whole math classes?? And the amount of people in that class showed me that a majority of people were actually really smart and I was just one of the stupid ones. I was actually missing science for that class so when I finally got into a science class at my new school I barely understood what they were talking about.
That's what happened to me I was in special education from first grade until High School by the time I reach Middle School I was behind so many years at first they put me in regular classes and I didn't understand the worksheets after 2 months they put me back in special education and didn't do anything at all I was behind even in high school now I'm now. I'm getting older I try to apply to a community college but the Community College disability service center I said I don't have enough credit now I'm walking in a shity job making shity I was still having problem learning and to be honest with you special education fucked up my career I don't have any friends just sitting home and playing Call of Duty and work in night time shift
Same here the other kids were really smart and I felt dumb just looking at them getting things right that I’m supposed to be knowing but don’t they don’t even teach me shit in this sped class and I was put in one regular class and couldn’t understand what the assignment was and I asked the teacher and she just ignored me I hate being ignored it just makes me feel bad and after that they didn’t give me anymore regular classes until my 10 grade year and 11 grade year I have 3 regular classes now but I don’t understand the assignment but I’m constantly being ignored she talks to the others but when I ask for help she ignore me and imma afraid there gonna take those classes away and put me in more special Ed classes which I don’t want cuz they haven’t teached me shit besides basic math I already know to do and basic reading that is easy as hell to do and they talk to me like I’m 4 in that annoying ass baby voice
I was in special ed my whole school career but I also took some regular ed classes and did very well but the regular ed kids hated me because I made the highest grade in the class.
I grew up in the 1970s without any tutor, special classes or diagnosis. I would have loved to have had someone help me. No teacher, principal, parent even cared enough to help. As it turns out i am asd 1 and adhd as my parents were. Be happy there are tutors, teachers aides, diagnostic tests and so much more.
I was in special Ed cause I struggled in school with vision problems and anxiety and now I work as a special ed paraeducator. I believe it's a case by case issue but we are also responsible for our education. Students as they age can be a part of their iep plans. So I understand the system maybe outdated but I believe fully blaming the system of school does not solve the problem. It mix of family life, income level, school structure, and personal struggles whether it be physical or mental.
I got to special ed class because I was low rank at school I spent 5 year and wish I could go back and go to a normal Ed but please if people have normal class don't waste it work hard and get a good grade because your lucky and have a chance for a good future don't waste it like I did use it for good please.
I maybe not a scientist nor a therapist but I do believe that special education makes mental health worse. Think about it, ever since I was forced to be in ones, my stress levels, anxiety, and depression has gotten worse. Also, I have noticed that a lot of kids in those classes ends up skipping them or even cuts school in general due to the fact how easy the classes are. Worst of all, my 11th grade Power English class felt like a first grade one and I was miserable. Heck, I wasn’t that bad in those classes in the years before that.
I completely know this feeling. I was put into these classes like 2 weeks ago and I hate it so much. I don’t even want to tell my friends because I’m afraid that they will leave me. The only thing that keeps me happy is art and orchestra class. I hate every other class (math,P.E, english, science, social studies) and even worse, everyone thinks I’m stupid. Even the teacher who chose for me to be in that stupid class
Even when I officially began my 90% "normal" class/ "normal"student classrooms I still had a perfectionistic view because I would always think everyone else was doing better than me. I stressed out so much due to stigma and comparing myself, but I'm glad that I eventually escaped most of the special education classroom at the very least. We all know that students go into the special education system but never come out. I preferred normal classes because even though I was awkward a bit and lacked social skills, I eventually learned a few life lessons and escaped a bit more of the percentage of what the average special education kids goes through. The whole education system makes me mad in all honesty, but the special education system especially because all the normal people who make the rules think that they understand us, but they really don't. Fighting to change the system is my life goal and I don't plan on giving up until something is done...
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When I was in special education for elementary and middle school. I got the help I needed and my teachers were all supportive, but the minute I get to high school the teachers are just not really helpful. So I took a test during my IEP meeting around the end of the year and now i'm in general ed again.
Yeah. I have an IEP. I'm not autistic, but this IEP makes me stupid. I am tired of not having an elective. I wanted to be like normal students. I don't need to be treated like a baby anymore from the get-go. I can do things myself and I want to be like a normal student
I remember when I first saw the special kids it was when I was in 4th grade I started failing miserably but at first I was one of the smartest kids in my class but once I moved to special ed my life became hell because every single time I will try to make friends from a regular class they will find out I’m in a special ed room and stop fuckin with me and that shit hurted my heart cuz I will literally pray to not go to school cause everybody will treat like I’m shit I used to get picked on by 8th graders but they could tell I was different from the kids ghat in my class because I didn’t have autism and they would ask me why that class and I didn’t know what to tell them but that shit made me angry so instead of my me fighting in school I focused on reading because that what I was good at but in the mean while that payed off because I go to regular classes from time to time and that shit used to give me anxiety bad like everybody stared at I wanted to hide in a corner but I started getting use to it but every single time I roast somebody bad they’ll say that’s why u was in a sped class and that shit hurt my sell just hearing it
I'm so related your story and words! Cuz i felt the same way man. I have a miserable life and mistreated by people I feel like i wanted to cry and scream at them but that never happened.... But in highschool I begin to avoid everyone but one regular girl asking me what my next class i really don't wanna answer her but my best friend stood up for me and say " our next schedule is lunch! She's a special Ed, if your ask her what test or what regular homework she's got? DON'T ASK! Girl!" I was shock 😲 my bff stood up for me. We starting to walk towards our lunch time.
I was a Special Ed student from 1st-7th grade. It was understandable why I had to be here. But the problem was that, unlike most Special Ed kids, I don't have moderate/severe disability and having high functioning autism. Because I learned very fast, they would get rid of me by put me in regular class. I was a shy girl back then, so other than that, I have a happy childhood. But I think the reason why nobody wants to be my friend in high school because I was ugly with long hair. That was why I have to wear glasses and cut my hair.
I’m sorry about that I can relate almost everything u said :( I got put into Sped from 1st grade and I didn’t realize I was in it until 4th grade my life is basically hell. Whenever I would want to make friends with someone from regular Ed classrooms everything’s normal until when they find out I’m in sped they would stop being my friend and it made me feel not worthy and everyone treats me likes a 2 year old so they give me pre school work like wtf and they put me in many special needs because of how I look? They for sure think I’m stupid so they’re teaching me kindergarten crap. I wish I could say how I feel about sped but I’m too shy because I’m sitting here not learning anything but just being taught pre school crap? haha well I get reports saying “She still needs some learning” “She still needs to educate herself” and “I think she likes the classroom we should give her extra help” NO FUCKING DIP SHERLOCK you’re the ones pulling as back from actually learning regular things instead of kindergarten crap maybe if you let me out of sped maybe I’d get better and not struggle more and actually get better. haha I didn’t even get taught the vowel sounds of A E I O U. plus I ain’t got no disability. In conclusion I think Sped should only be for those that have a Disability not for those that are struggling god I wish I was treated like my age.
Good luck for anyone who's trying to get a good job after high Schoolbecause my high school didn't do s*** for me they didn't even help me find me a job it took me five years just to get a job and I was terrible at it because special didn't teach me this was my 7 job that I quit f***
I was taken out of the class room after about 3rd grade for the most part and into normal classes and I still felt stupid. The stigma that we get from other kids after being isolated for 2 years or longer is annoying. The system sucks and I strive with the rest of the days of my life to fight this trashy system of the flaws of the special education system. I rode the bus with normal kids unlike the other special education kids and I always called "shot gun" or front seat because my bus driver was my only buddy while everyone else stereotyped me or didn't even know me.
I was in special ed but we called it life skills and my teacher was amazing i couldn't be in regular classes cus I'm autistic and have server learning disabilities
@@tangiechapman6219 yes !!! those moderate severe classes are bad, i can understand having a couple semesters or even 1 year of a life and job skills program, but this 4 + years of life skills classroom, really hinders and holds back people and it denies them exposure to things like science, maths, art, music, band, ect, that they might develop or discover they have skills in, that can lead to growth and a real job a real life out in the real world
If you're severe autistic and learning disabilities, why you sound intelligent and having best grammar? I have a horrible grammar. But just saying, not judging you.
I got into a special ed in high school when i actually wanted to go into film school, and i didnt get into there cuz of my stupidity but because of my laziness, but yet they still treat me like an animal in a cage, but i have friends that help me through hard times and still cheer me up and belives that i will become something great one day😁
No worries here everyone can experience arduous like stress but remember everything is possible as believing you can achieve with dedication and your victory is all yours.
Yea I did Both Special ed and regular ed In high school it was awesome I loved to see if I could hang and compete with the regular Ed kids did Special Ed Math/English Regular Ed I had History/Science and of course electives is always regular ed but anyway they said I was to dump for school and I will be in a wheel chair i proved them wrong when I got into high school they saw a difference I have ADHD/Learning Mood Disorders Depression now seeing PTSD my mom would change my disability because she thought she was my medical doctor what’s funny was when I was taking Special Ed classes they did talk to me like I was 5 when and would get mad and go to my school counselor then I went to my regular ed classes I felt like a whole new person they would greet me show me respect compliment me and push me and one of the teachers told me that I was one of the smartest kids in her class top 3 a special ed kid coming home with As and Bs I would want to cry in the history class but I didn’t when it came to test day I would go out the class screaming I got a A or B my friends would congratulate me they where straight regular ed greatest moment in my life time of high school junior year senior year was overrated but yea it was amazing💯😘✌🏾🗣 #Classof18🤙💍
Yea I think special Ed should be for ppl with disabilities not if ur struggling cuz they don't understand HOW BIG OF A REP KILLER THAT IS LIKE YOU LOSE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. it's terrible😖 (btw I ain't in special Ed)
Exactly, Im a very calm and normal dude, Im good at making friends, but at my 4th grade I kinda struggled and I got put in special ed, and we have in our classes 2 special kids who have a lot of mental issues, and I feel bad because despite that its not their fault that they are like that, I feel sad that Im being compared to them, when they put me with them. Most of the people in my class believe that Im mentally handicapped and DUMB (once someone even said "He's Dumb" and everytime that I have good grades they get surprised) the only person who doesnt believe that Im like those special kids is a new guy in our class, but thats because as he is new he isnt aware that SADLY Im special ):, we are close friends, EVEN MY CRUSH THINKS THAT IM LIKE THAT! Should I kill myself?
I am in special ed in high school 10th grade I can do advanced trigonometry and advanced algebra I just have ADHD but I’m one of the smartest kids in my school when I go in special ed for extra time to get my homework done there’s this one teacher that tries to do everything for me she says “I don’t know if you’re able to do that” after she does all of my homework that I am completely capable of doing she gives me hand written homework with questions like what’s 5+5 I have no friends everybody thinks that I’m retarded it’s hell
Same bruh but the difference it's I never got taught Advance math and I've already been in special Ed for like 70 days and I still haven't learn advanced math they still in the basics and bruh literally the teachers give easy homework bruh
@@heavenly5545 it just lowers your self-confidence and makes you think that your stupid it also takes away your friends and makes you the quiet kid that everybody makes fun of.
These are my ppl and I don't care what the outside world has to say about them I had a rough time in school and i remember i used to hide from other students i didn't want them seeing me going in to that classroom i dropped out and lucked out with a decent job have 3 daughters and a wife till this day i have allot of mental challenges ahead of me when I was little I always wanted to be the next kid cuz I knew he was smarter than me life as a special ed student taught me a lot of lessons now from back when
I hate being in a sped classes. It’s embarrassing and people tease me for being in special education student I literally hate it but not finna let people label me for who I am. School hard for me. Because I hate reading… I feel slow sometimes 🙁
I know the feeling I was in special education classes in 7-8th grade but we had what was called mainstream classes I would be in regular education classes for math,science,English,history but the small class my homeroom and I went there for extra help.But students would tease me and yet I was the one helping them with their homework and class work yet they teased me all the time but would come to me the slow kid in special Ed for help that made me feel good.I mean half the people in there don’t belong in there they put anyone in there cause behavior problems,ADHD, anxiety you don’t even need to have a learning disability.But when I was in high school I was in regular classes but it’s like torture for special education students.I know what’s it’s like people think you stupid and dum and yet I had good grades and other students would ask why am I am in special education classes when I do well in regular classes.I would just say it’s the teachers fault they only want a pay check and don’t take the time out to help some some students.I know kids who dropped out of school cause of being teased for being in special education classes if only people knew the pain and the embarrassment I would cry to my aunt I didn’t want go to school cause the other kids would pick on me I was so depressed.But one teacher told me I had the best grade in class cause of a test I had a 100 and this was my regular education class it was then the other kids couldn’t make fun of me cause I was like only kid who they called stupid who passed.Lol so I use to that against every time they would tease me and the bullying stopped. I had them coming to me after class to help.So don’t feel bad these other regular education kids are no better either and I felt like my parents could’ve fought harder for me to keep in regular education classes but it was a learning experience.
This is sad man I screwed up last school year during the pandemic and now I’m treated like I’m “special” and it just makes you feel pathetic and that was my first year of high school I wish I could do it all over again
But I only barely fail because I was taken a stand against my dad he always says "You're always doing Shit bad and being lazy because of video games" and I decided to willing not do the homework he would get so mad Is pathetic I wish I could send him to jail and watch cringe shit for eternity
I don't think I'd have such an intolerance for sped kids if I wasn't shoved in classes with these kids my whole life. When these kids are stuck on a question for like 15 minutes and it starts effecting MY education I get pissed off. Adults need to stop throwing all types of kids in one class, they need to try to make the regular classes work before throwing kids in these hell holes known as sped classrooms
Anonymous Profile if anything that’s good. Regular schools kill the fun and insist on being politically correct, if it’s a private sped school then they legally can do whatever parties they want. Usually sped schools are smaller and you can get away with those things more. Either way that’s a good thing because it’s fun. Talk to anyone who went to school before the 1990s and most will tell you how awesome it was having Christmas parties, and even the non-catholic kids had a blast. After the 90s regular schools started to get politically correct.
I agree. Some kids in my class have an assignment due 3 weeks after its announced and they still don't do it. Then the teacher gives another week extension
Ya fr I’m this guy was working Addition and he was stuck on a equation and I was waiting on my teacher to be done helping him and ended up waisting my god damn time and I was working on my algebra assignment and literally did three equations cuz of that kid and he didn’t even help me out on it in my 6th grade year I was so pissed I mean the parties they do are fun but I hate being in this sped class it’s not doing anything just making me feel dumb and being bullied by people and talking to me like I’m fucking 4 🤦🏾♂️
I think they mean special needs not special ed. Special Ed is for people to struggle with an academic learning disability: Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia ect... I myself have dyscalculia and received services in special ed and never had a classmate this delayed as the ones in the video.
I'm not bragging when I say this, but I received a presidents education award even without straight A's, (it wasn't as privileged as the straight A kid of course) but I didn't deserve it because I never learned a single thing at school. It was easy because it was repetitive, but hurt me in the long run when I finally learned something new in high school. I never learned how to take a test very well because of the system, so I struggled throughout high school.I didn't learn much math because I had the trashy version of repeated math in middle school and my high school teacher and my science teacher began with their implicit teacher bias against me for being bad at math. I spent many years with so much repetitive material that I struggled in high school math such as after my freshman year. It got to the point where I had a long period of a whole trimester during my junior year when I just broke down and fell into deep depression because of my crappy IEP. I learned to be thankful for my breakdown though, because I finally found the life lessons I needed a long time ago (not until my k-12 years were almost over of course). I became a diagnostic perfectionist to the extreme and I went my whole life feeling like I was bad at everything I did. I was a failure; that's what I thought until my U.S. History and Ethnic Studies teacher taught me otherwise during my junior - senior year. I finally learned to have faith in myself and that failure is a part of success, not the opposite of success. Every toddler falls down before he learns to walk. Same goes to riding a bike or an olympic athlete in development.
School system is fucked up some ppl might need things explained to them clearer but not to be out in a position where they can’t learn anything than end up not being taught shit
I was in special Ed till I was 13 and if sucks, I hate it. I also hate how people (like my mom) treats me different because I have autism, and also have difficulty’s with things like washing my hair and stuff, she treats me like a child with other things.
I feel you I’m sorry for that, I don’t like being in sped I just wanna live a normal day without sped and then I get put into this f*cking classroom where they treat you like a 2 year old, and it makes me wanna 0ff myself and I make friends until when they realize I’m in sped they use me and eventually become fake now everyone picks on me I hate it ☹️
I get it and its the special ed teachers that treat us differently compared to regular ed kids they like to pick and choose who does what and I fucking hate it
I am a special education teacher and the truth is we are so strangled by laws, documentation, and paperwork we can never devote all the time and attention we would like. I never reveal I am a Sped teacher or tell the kids they are in a sped class, especially when I do co-teaching with a Gen Ed teacher. We work with every kid - both sped and Gen Ed so no one is singled out. Once kids learn I am a sped teacher they ostracize me, won’t let me help and say things like “I’m not a retard…” so I keep my mouth shut. In my opinion we are all “special Ed” because we each have our own unique way of learning - and my job is to find out what that is for each kid and adjust accordingly. Sped makes me feel like an outcast as well, and we are often treated like second class teachers by our colleagues- some of whom shove a kid your way and say “you deal with this…” I do love my job - and my kids, but “sped” stigmatizes us all and that in the end serves no one…
The Special education program is ruining people's confidence and lives. I got put in those classes in 6th grade until 10 grade. I didn't learn anything during that time, so I eventually started acting out and getting into trouble. I got kicked out of school in the 10th grade for fighting. I few months later I started taking GED classes and It was a struggle. I remember taking a GED assessment when I started. I was on a 6th grade level and within a year, I passed my GED. 4 out of 10 high school graduates can't pass the GED. I have graduated from college since then with an associate degree and I have a great job, but I will always remember my past. All of my classmates that were in Special education with me are in jail, dead because of drugs, or working fast food. I'm the only one that truly made it and that's because of Jesus Christ and my family that never give up on me.
@@JasonConner0023 there is one kid in my class who was in jail my class is not really for retarded kids its really for kids who just have regular disabilities
Kids don't go to adult jail. They get sent to juvenile centers, if they get into too much trouble. Every special education program is for kids with disabilities. I got put in special education in the 6th grade with no disability. I just needed a little extra help in regular education and I would have been fine. The teachers gave up on me though and put me in special education. I got my GED and graduated college since then and I have a great job, but I always remember being in special education. It could have ruined my life, but I survived and made it.
And plus the last time I learned something was in coding and when I'm in special ed classes I've learned absolutely nothing cuz I already know all of it
I had special ed teacher named Miss. Brovont and for 3 years in my math class and she encouraged me and classmates that we would do well in our class and we passed our tests every year because of her support to help us do well and understand the math subject
I work with special needs children.I feel that each child is unique and awesome.I wish people would treat them with kindness and respect.I absolutely love each and everyone ❤
I'm just going to go on a tangent here, hahaha! It really makes me mad the fact that the reading program didn't even teach me the vowel sounds: A, E, I, O,U. Yet they still just only reported: "she needs to advocate herself a little more." " She's doing bad at this, her reading level is this low, her math score is this low." Well no dip Sherlock! You teach me 1st grade math and make me skip 2nd, 3rd and 4th and you wonder why I struggle at math my 5th grade year! I still managed to get a B, but still, this system makes me angry! My tutor who I started during 4th grade said that I was the fastest person to learn to read well. It wasn't because I was particularly smart, but rather that it's because I was actually learning something new and not just the stupid alphabet: "A, apple a, B, boy,b,ect." 🙄 (I might be a bad person for doing this, but when my tutor started the alphabet in her teaching, I gave a bit of attitude with my tone of voice because I thought it was the dumb reading program all over again, but guess what? I learned something new unlike any results I would get under the dumb education system which just complains about the kids instead of finding a solution like a smart person). Special education kids are not stupid! Just because you as the average person don't understand us doesn't give you the right to stereotype us and underestimate us. Not to be rude, but the stereotyping made by normal people towards us doesn't make us/ the "special education" kids stupid, it makes you as the average kid stupid because you're so cocky and arrogant. It doesn't help the fact that normal kids who don't feel comfortable will bully you and underestimate you or so to say 'throw the rock at you' to make their own foolish and narcissistic self feel much better. We need to stop separating our kids and stop teaching "normal" kids that it's okay to boost their own ego through being a jerk and 'throwing rocks at others instead of being smart and making their own foundation of self understanding and faith in oneself.' Don't be dumb and tear others down to make yourself feel better because the more you waste your rocks the harder the hurricane comes down upon you, so to say.
I have an iep and considered special ed but I never felt it. I mean I didn't have like a drastic learning disability and I'm in regular class heck I'm even in advanced classes in highschool . I don't feel "dumb" . just because you need special education doesn't make you dumb.
I'm in this program as well and Its annoying because I ain't tryna be in a special class I rather go to a regular class because people at school been saying crap about me my grades are good some dumbass teacher always pick me because I'm special and whatever it hits test they always give me a little stack
I graduated 7 years ago and I have all the back memory about this program to teachers don't even give us support after we graduate only dad was just kept me behind and just give me worksheets I didn't do anything they just put us there so we can stay away from the regular kids
Yeah, I get sad when I think about it. But what can I say, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. It sucked, it was embarrassing, but I’m glad that the classes existed. I couldn’t keep up in the regular classes :( I still can’t understand how fast they caught onto the stuff the teacher was saying haha. I’ll never understand, but it’s ok.
I have a read aload thing on tests and they would give me headphones for it and I would never use it because it makes me feel stupid and I can read ten times faster but then they tell I NEED IT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN I GET A WORSE SCORE WHEN I USE IT
I'm in special Ed's luckily nobody bullies or picks on me but it really help me at the begging but shcool was getting harder we where learning more advanced stuff in regular class special class was shit they just thought me to multiply
As long as the determining factor for core academics is merit, it benefits everyone for integration. But I draw the line at allowing everyone into AP history, calculus, or even Algebra 1 - these have to have the basic qualifications to access. And I say this as someone who required SpEd for years due to my dyslexia. My attitude was determined mostly by my parents - I accepted my reality, took full advantage of the special services, and with years of work it barely effects me today.
I’m special ed, take the regular classes. I also have to go to ot. But I do have one class different, I have advisory with other people with minor disabilities the teacher just seems to not understand that we are different.
I was in a special needs program throughout all of my school career. It never helped me and I almost never learn anything out of it. It's terrifying that some kids may function normally, but are put into these classes because the schools think they have a behavior problem or a disability. What's sad is that almost no one is trying to fix this problem, and yet this can really fuck up a child's future. I wouldn't be surprised if children committed suicide because of it. Please fix your fucking school system America, our future depends on these children.
As someone who has a learning disability this video really resonates with me Bc I hate being pulled out and I feel embarrassed whenever I go to the special ed room and honestly it effects my mental health I wish I could go at least a day without having to go there
I'm in a class for people with mental disorders and things like that. (Like anxiety, PTSD, autism, depression, OCD etc. Only in severe cases though. ) There's my class which has 6-7 people in it and one other class which is for people with behavior issues. You need a keycard to get into the section of the building which these classes are in, i'm not really sure why though. I think its so we don't leave. Anyway, I actually really like it in there. At first I wasn't sure of the teacher there, but as I got more comfortable there I started to enjoy it more. Everyone actually treats you like an adult and not like a stupid 2 year old. Tbh they actually treat us older than we are and like we're they're friends, not a load of weirdos. We each get a laptop and our own desk, which you get to decorate if you're there for good. (Some people come and go depending on the day.) Our teachers for that period send us our work and if they don't then the teacher puts on a movie. (Usually an old musical, which I've actually started to enjoy.) We have one teacher for all lessons aswell which is another thing I like. Change is not something i'm good with. I started going to this class last year because my social anxiety got so bad that I couldn't go to school. I've also recently been diagnosed with autism and going there has helped me process it a lot better. All in all, after watching this video I think that i've realized that I actually got the good end of the stick. My friends have been super supportive about it aswell. One of their sisters is in the same class as me (It goes across all grades) so that's made us closer. My other friend annoys me sometimes by saying stuff like, "You're so lucky that you don't have to go to class," and "I wish that I went there." It's annoying because she makes it sound like a holiday when it's not. I'm there for a reason and on a bad day it still feels like hell, just a slightly better one. So yeah. Oh it's improved my confidence aswell. Ima stop now but I hope you enjoyed reading. (Damn that was long.)
It makes me fucking wanna kill myself I can’t even earn one friend because they think I’m stupid or ugly and everyone ignores me all the time because they think I’m loud or too dumb I hate being in special Ed :(
@@Em-nf9ih I'm sorry that you feel like that but just try to remember that you won't be in it forever. As long as you get good grades you can still progress in life and one day how many friends you had in school won't matter. In the real world most jobs couldn't care less. Keep being yourself and it will get better. Sometimes giving up feels like the best option but at the end of it all it's not. Even if you can't make friends irl ,online friends are the best! You can talk to them without having to worry about them knowing who you are. I'm in a group chat and it's helped me through ALOT . You don't have to of course it is highly recommended. And I cant assure you, you are NOT ugly. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. You're also not stupid. People always assumed that I was stupid because of how I looked and acted, but as I got older I realized that my brain just works differently. Do NOT let other people bring you down. I realize that I am lucky with how my class is and a lot of people in Special Ed have had bad experiences. Try to think positive and reach out to those closest to you, or even strangers online! Sorry this is so long but I hope it helped! (P.S. You can talk to me if you want to! I have a lot of spare time. No pressure though!. It will get better.)
Pretty much the same. I was in classes where I was the highest functioning student there by a long shot; the other students in my classes in the classroom had severe intellectual disabilities and other things like that. In those classes were just a refresher for me because the classes were super easy for me. The most funniest part, When I was in those classes, I was also in regular classes.
it's funny how people in special ed get treated poorly but the funny thing is the ones in special ed treat you poorly also. I've never experienced so much hatred in my life when we're all in the same class dealing with something...Some of us thought they were smarter than others but then again the ones that had that type of mindset were the ones that dropped out
True, I hate being in sped I need a little help, so I’m put into special Ed every year then a month later I get put into another classroom that treats me like I’m 2 and all they talk to me about is feelings and they treat me like a 2 year old. I just wanna be like everyone else they don’t understand the embarrassment. I learn nothing and then this teacher comes in and sits by me and I feel so embarrassed of myself it makes me feel like I’m an idiot this is why I have no friends ☹️
@@IceyDivine dont try to make him feel better im in the sped class and I have a mind set that if I feel embarrass I will work 5x harder then everyone else so I can be at their level
Sped system should get shut down. My reason for this is because I have always been smart but the school keeps me in sped classes MY MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN EFFECTED SERIOUSLY DUE TO BEING PUT DOWN BY TEACHERS AND OTHER STUDENTS ITS A REP KILLER AND SHOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TROUBLE WITH SCHOOL NOT KIDS WHO SCORE THE BEST AND HAVE A 150 IQ IN TEST.
It's my senior year and I have been in special education for 3 years and I'm finally going to be leaving it. Fuck special education they treat u like ur a baby and u would get made fun of and called a "sped" I was only in special education cuz of my anxiety and such and would get stressed out easily from homework back in the old days. I had so much of it. Now I handle it better and I wanna leave the special education classes. I'm gonna be having an IEP meeting.
I was told in 4th grade by my special education teacher the following " Andrea you'll never make it to your high school graduation much less seeing your college acceptance letter or making it into college " well you what Mrs.Ledesma ? JOKES ON YOU ! I graduated high school with honors top 75 percentile I made grades that the IB and College Academy students would kill for I made their GPAs look like garbage and I'm now in a top university studying special education and I will be better than you. You Mrs.Ledesma are nothing to me but a small little voice that I will never listen to.
One of my special ed teachers was awful. Make a mistake? Get criticism.. wash my hair and she thinks its greasy from conditioner? Get pulled in the hallway and confronted about it? Not feeling good? Go home but get bothered about absences the next day. And MANY other things. I was so glad to be done with high school and move on. And I pray now that she gets help and rethinks now that she’s retired.
I was in special ed from the time I was in third grade until I was in 12th it's a very segregated system I would not wish this on anybody I have hemiparesis I am a brain damage victim but that being said I tend to try to catch up with pretty much anybody in my own capacity and I don't think that segregating a bunch of students because of their inability to do something is the right thing to do
I know the feeling it’s embarrassing and other students make fun of you calling you stupid,slow and retarded it’s not your fault that you learn different.I remember being teased in 7-8th grade by the time I was in high school I had regular classes.I didn’t understand as child I had a learning disability but I was place in what they called regular classes for subjects like math,English, history it just the smaller class was my homeroom and I had a teacher that would help but it’s like torture if only people knew what it was like being depressed not wanting to go to school cause other kids would make fun of you.I feel bad for these students and I would help regular kids with their work in class yet I was the slow one the one they teases had good grades and they would ask me to help them and I use to say to myself I am the retarted one if I let you guys tell it but yet you coming to me for help part of that made me feel good to know it was nothing wrong with me.
I was only in mainstream schooling but with some extra help, it made me feel useless and isolated. I can't imagine what being in that state for your education will be like
Ugh, I have Essential Skills Development (Which is a supervised study hall with assistance) which is for kids with *specific learning disability* . I don't have a learning disability. And in my IEP meaning they suggested me to be in an AP class. How odd is that?
The Special education program is ruining people's confidence and lives. I got put in those classes in 6th grade until 10 grade. I didn't learn anything during that time, so I eventually started acting out and getting into trouble. I got kicked out of school in the 10th grade for fighting. I few months later I started taking GED classes and It was a struggle. I remember taking a GED assessment when I started. I was on a 6th grade level and within a year, I passed my GED. 4 out of 10 high school graduates can't pass the GED. I have graduated from college since then with an associate degree and I have a great job, but I will always remember my past. All of my classmates that were in Special education with me are in jail, dead because of drugs, or working fast food. I'm the only one that truly made it and that's because of Jesus Christ and my family that never give up on me
Amen Conner 🙏❤️
💕💕💕
I was also labeled "special ed" as "learning disabled" or LD. I personally think they over diagnose these things. Special education is important for those who really need it but if you put a child in special ed unnecessarily it can be EXTREMLY detrimental emotionally and educationally. I picked an easy career because I felt I could never be smart enough for the career I wanted - Nursing! I am now working on my BSN and pregnant with my first child
Blessed your heart. ❤️
@@kevedavoight7981 hey, I been in a special education since 1st grade and I’m in 10th grade now. As I got older I’m starting to lose confidence because of this program. I have a IEP. Special education makes me feel
Stupid 🤦♂️.
I just needed a “little” help so the put me in special ed everyday this damn teacher talks to me like I’m 2 or something. I’m in 7th grade by the way and she asked me if I knew how to do subtraction, like how stupid does she really think I am. I literally feel like I’m an idiot when I’m in that classroom it’s insane!
REPTILZ RULE fuck special education teachers there don’t give a shit about you at all. There hold me back so many years my time i reach middle school and high school I was behind so many years and these teachers only care about the money
oh my god. i’m so fucking sorry-
not even my teachers are like that.
。ramen noodles。 it sucks right??
I hate the transition I feel like I’m more normal to get my own job without there damn help how severe do they think I really am!😡
。ramen noodles。 same
I was a special needs student, they did not help me at all. Which realistically shows how fucked up the system is.
I seriously told my teacher that you f***ed only care about the money seriously
Frosty Snow Flake same I'm in 7th grade now and a "special needs student" which btw soon I'm most likely gonna stop going there the teacher is horrible at times she will mock students, people who go to her room to take tests that they missed say she is rude also I feel dumb when I go there cause I'm with 3 other boys and I feel like she tries to make me feel worse about myself cause I'm the only girl and that I am smart. I hate it 😩😒😣😞
Hailey S it all about the money
Joker Joker ikr it is all about the money cause the "special ed teacher" at my school needs a life she only got married last march at like 33 but instead she embarrasses students in front of there peers
For those of us who are in the disability community we get treated like if we are animals
I graduate high school 2011 this video is nothing but lies there are not care about you after you graduate from high school i've been home ever sense I graduate special education i did not Learned anything in special ed I stayed in high school from 2007-2013 i fucking hate it so much there only care about the money they didn't guve a diploma tnere fucking give me a iep you cant do shit with it whoever is in special education they have no future in life I went to my college next to me and there didn't except me because because my reading skills and I Math skills were very weeks and I just found out every community college in my hometown rejected me because I didn't have a regular diploma seriously I hope trump Close down special education because it's nothing but a waste of money just to rip off disable people in school No it's hard to me to control my anger it's hard to me to control my own demons is that I let my demons control me and I blame the school for not helping me I blame them for everythingWhen I got bullied at school teachers do you do shit about it
I grew up in special ed, and it sucks so much. The term "special ed" is demeaning. I remember in middle school I had anger management problems, and this teacher would tell me that if a kid was giving me problems, then I should just come to him instead of trying to solve it myself. Once I finally took his advice when this other special ed kid was calling me a f***ot, I went to him, and he said "what do you want me to do about it?" Sarcastically. This problem exists because special ed either gets really compassionate teachers, or teachers that are so sh** that they couldnt qualify for mainstream. Imo, there should be no E.D. program. If you are actually mentally disabled, then sure, get your own tailored class, but if you just have behavioral issues, then be in mainstream. Putting us in special ed only makes us a target for bullies and socially isolates us and makes us feel like we are trash that doesnt matter in the slightest, and it shelters mainstream studenta because they dont have to deal with us. But they will in adulthood. Theres no "special ed jobs" you cant hide us away at the boys and girls club either. It only creates a false expectation of reality for them. And as for helping our behavioral issues, how is putting us in a separated class full of other kids with behavioral issues going to help us. It only reinforces the maladaptive traits. Special ed is a garbage program. It should only exist for the mentally disabled.
I don’t have a learning disability, but I do have autism. I just wanna put my two cents in. At my high school (I’m from Delaware), we have this thing called Huddle every Wednesday, which is basically useless and wastes learning time In my case, I have two huddle leaders (whom I like), but I’m shoved into a huddle with other IEP students whom I barely know. The saddest thing is that I’m the only really high achieving student there, and one of three or four girls. Honestly schools should have 2 different special Ed classes: one for students like me who only have behavioral problems (or mild intellectual disability), and the other is for those who have severe autism/pronounced learning disabilities and integrate those with behavior-only disabilities into mainstream classes, provided they have the appropriate accommodations (such as being able to take breaks)
I was in special ed, too. That was one of the problems I had with the program. So many of the kids in there didn't have even the slightest learning disability. They had behavioral problems, and because the school board didn't want them disrupting regular ed kids, they dumped them in with us special ed kids, expecting the special ed teacher to baby sit them rather than educate them. I hated it. And it is made even worse when these kids with these behavioral issues know they're in there for that and not because they're "stupid," which creates a dynamic where they feel they are better than the students with learning disabilities. But the school districts don't want to dump money into solving the issue. So many times I would ask myself why someone was in a special ed class when it was apparent that they didn't belong there.
The real problem is the government shouldn't be running our schools. More then 30 years ago they had schools for kids with slow learning disabilities. I went to one from 3rd to 6 grade with teachers who put in a effort. In the 6th grade I had a teacher Mr. Stalton he Kept some of us after school and taught us algebra he would take us home after school. The government decided to cut expenses in education and they closed all the schools. There was no Bullies because everyone in the school had learning disabilities. It's not the teachers who are the problem it's the government. Then when I went to junior high we called it back then now middle school they threw me in a special education Class with kids with needs beyond. My teacher was horrible I hated the class. Fortunately for me I was taken out of the class In the 9th grade. I don't know how I did it being that I was far behind my grade level. It took me an extra year to graduate.
@@tarag7292 this upsets me a lot. the reason why I’m in special education and have an IEP is because I have a hearing impairment and was told that if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t even be In the program and would be with the rest of the “normal kids” and I was also told by a TEACHER during my IEP meeting that I didn’t act like your typical “sped” since I get really good grades and because i’m an honor roll student. I got upset with my sped teacher one time because he mentioned how there have been times where I forget that I have history homework and get upset when it’s the due date since I never did the homework. The reason that upset me was because I’m very responsible with my school work and I don’t allow myself to have a grade below a 90 and always do my homework (I’m a perfectionist and put a lot of pressure on myself) and the ONE time I do forget I have homework he ends up focusing so much on that and makes it seem like it’s an occasional thing when it only happened once. I also have a friend who is in the program with me and the one time she seems visibly upset her mother gets a big message by our sped teacher on how her daughter should be in counseling for “behavioral issues” when she is usually very well behaved and polite and just happened to be upset that one day. I feel that there is a lot of discrimination against students in the program, and the times you make one mistake no matter how good you behave, and how amazing you are academically, that doesn’t matter to them because at the end of the day in their eyes you’ll always be a sped and there will always be something wrong with you.
When i was in high school i was not challenge in my special ed class, so I just skip school almost every day. Please remember do not be a prick to the student that are in special ed, we are already having a hard time because we feel like are being label.
fartbutss agreed
Yea exactly
Exactly challenge kids to get smart and teach them something that's useful in the future
I might have Asperger's because I can read, write, and capable of everything unlike most people in Special Needs.
@@Abbimation. me too! And I take an AP class this year. One of my fellow Honors friends, who has ADHD, says the school system is prejudiced against people like us. She says that that was why she kept her condition a secret from everyone (including me) before starting middle school
I would rather be in a regular classroom than a special education classroom. It’s up to you and you alone to figure out what you want
nightmastercool97 97 Let me guess they fucked up your life after high school and it was hard for you to find a job well after special ed it took me eight years just to get me a job after high school and none of my worthless teachers ever ask about me I never got any email or any Facebook message asking me how was I doing all these years they fucked up my life they fucked up my education as there are the reason why am working in the shit
Well duh
Same..
nightmastercool97 97 me too
Yeah I'd rather be in normal classroom but on the bright side I did pass high school with a normal diploma haha jokes on them I get the easy way out. And some people think I'm stupid because of my appearances so I get away with shit so they can go fuck themselves.
i was in special ed from 2nd grade to 8th and it made me feel like killing myself but never said this to anyone not even my parents but people made fun of me and teased me and i also have a speech impediment and had anger issues they made fun of that to of course but i started trying very hard to get my grades up and worked on it i got straight As but one B and even started liking books like my favorite series is wings of fire. In freshmen year i was just in modified English and modified math and now i a sophomore still in modified English but im getting tested on in a few weeks to get out of it i've been fighting for this very hard and i think my friends and books really helped me on this and this video really inspired me so thank you very much.
My teachers didn’t want to help me and yet all they did was judging me and telling me I’m nothing but a troublemaker I went to the California school which by the way I’m not gonna mention any names and they told me I was going to be nothing in society even my special ed teacher told me you are nothing but a troublemaker I am now working in a shitty job making shitty hours and I have no friends I never had any friends before and my special ed teachers didn’t want me to do anything in high school seriously I don’t get it they can help regular students go to college. but they can’t help it disables doing it to get any service after high school I mean I’m happy to have a job but I fucking hate it I can’t tell you how many times I got in trouble but it puts the ball in high school and I really hate him so much seriously he was telling me that every week you’re supposed to get into my opinion The college the committee to college didn’t want to except me because of my record and because of my low GPA I tried to apply to a GED program at my community college they fucking rejected me How the fuck am I supposed to get an education the people at my college didn’t want to except me I went to the disability service center they didn’t want to except me because of my low GPA really hate special education it really ruined my life all they do is fucking judging you and blame you you 24 seven don't know why I can't go to college because of my low GPA and for that I blame my special education teachers they don't teach you anything I seriously have been home now for nine years and not doing anything I try to sign up for basketball and the fucking coach didn't want me to play I don't know why just because I don't know how to play basketball and everybody was making fun of me just because I don't know I play basketball I told gym coach at my high school teach me how to play basketball that motherfucker told me go on UA-cam that's what I did I went on UA-cam after that I didn't know how to play he put me assistant manager it means I have to set up for the team drinks and snacks and then we just tell you I fucking hated it so I quit and everyone at my team was mad at me I don't give a shit at all I was trying to do to be famous at my high school anyway I tried to go to college they didn't except me because of my disability and because of my ADHDireally hate my life now because i not doing anything My social worker and my social service I'm not doing shit for meAll they do is just meet you at Starbucks and sign some papers and in special-education all they do is give you 2nd grade reading I'm almost 27years old and I'm not doing anything in my life I don't get it why do they love to judge disabled people for no reason besides I have no friends all I ever did in high school was just getting in trouble and my teachers always lying about me I really hate my lep meeting All they do is lie about you that's all they do and my English is not that good I have speech problems and for that I blame it on my speech teacher for not teaching me anything just play some cards and also they give you frist grade reading and math i been doing this since frist grade They don’t care about us they just care getting next paycheck seriously these teachers are evil
same and i'm so very sorry but I'm not going to be like you i'm going to try my hardest and I'm not going to blame anyone i will try try and try my hardest to become someone inspiring to anyone with a disability because i think we who try we try harder then everyone else i will change the way everyone thinks about us.
You go man
@@itsvenombro3058 when you said California schools like i completely understand California schools are the worst place for special ed student to be in.
i got pull out then got back in cuz my mom wanted me to go to a "good school" to get a good gpa I fail math (also had to re take 7th grade honor math cuz i fail it last year) and idk why i got triggered at a 7th grader said do u need help with the math btw i was doing it fine so it took a lot of self-control to not say fuck off and punch him also i did not ask for help.
I ain't gonna cap but the SPED class makes u have less confident in urself
It does, it actually does but hey you can't let people label you. Everyone has they capabilities I know alot of people who suck at certain subjects and I was better at it than them. Keep your head up, I'm pretty sure you have a lot of unique talents that no one has.
They make me wanna die
I agree. Your self-esteem deteriorates. It's vile.
Aren't you a high school drop-out? I have poor fine motor/gross skills, meaning I may can't keep my balance while riding on a bike, or can't play sports at all. I'm good at some things, but I sadly won't drive anytime soon due to my poor vision (Visual snow.)
Exactly I
I was put in special ed, and its fucked with my life in so many ways. I was forced into a classroom because a lable was shoved on me me "autistic." I was an outcast and was bullied like the rest of the special ed students. It didnt help my family thought so little of me because of my autism and oh boy they sure werent secretive about it. It stunt my social skills because we were isolated from everyone all of middle and highschool. I also learnt nothing during special ed, i never got to learn fractions in math and continued to read childrens books in 9th grade. I barely passed school, i am the only special ed student who got a diploma at my school because i had to try really hard at school, unlike the others who weren't able to. I want to be a psychiatrist. Did my school help me out with college like other students? Short answer no, they never taught me how it worked. I hated myself so much because of all these things. Schools should not be treating children like this. They aren't a nucense, they aren't a mistake, They are humans just like everyone else. It's a shame we have gotten to this point, and still nothing is being done about it...
It made me stupid and not worthy to live because I wasn't as good a the other kids and i still feel it now
Makes you feel broken
@@animefan2454 as someone who was in special Ed from 1st grade into 12 grade and graduated college anyway plus the foul. Just stop laying down and taking it you don’t have to accept it fight back. Don’t just sit back and let that shit pick you apart go and test the theory from your teachers that your not good enough and destroy that myth.
I understand how you feel I was treated like crap in 5th grade. But just know your not stupid. The teacher that makes you feel that way Is stupid.
@@emilyherrera8633 Brother, they betrayed me when I was in Special Ed, I can't blamed them.
I hate how some people pick on me because I’m in Special Ed
Maggiexo Not everyone is stupid
I know how you feel I use to get pick on a lot on elementary for that yeah I suffer from learning disability a lot because of that you sometimes I would always question I didn’t ask to be like this but it’s all in the past I till this day I still suffer from learning disability I know how to read much more better now and write they're just a couple words that I can't spell or that I can’t read out loud or I can write other than that yeah I'm better much more better than i was back in elementary one advice I can give you is if if you do suffer from learning disability is I'm happy to admit that I have learning disability because I never learned to give up
i took offense on that even though im not special ed you roblox piece of shit
I too was in special ed
mking do not fear to stand up for yourself if i were you ill dropout of school
"It makes me feel- can I say the word? ... Stupid"
Awesome to know these teachers are denying their rights to express themselves with words that aren't even considered profane!
IceyPie ableist confirmed
"Stupid" is a 4 letter word in our house!
I as a parent don't like my children using that word, I can see why he asked for permission before saying it and I'm proud of him that he spoke how he felt. I hear him.
I hate the word "stupid" I hate being called it. It's like being called the N word. I once almost knocked out my 22 year-old nephew for calling me that word
@@thecatholicrabbi4170stupid
I thought I was the only one who felt this way about sped but everyone here proved me otherwise! I’m currently a senior and have been in sped pretty much my whole life. I genuinely hate it. Because while all my friends are taking honors classes and challenging themselves I’m stuck in resource classes because of my Anxiety. Sped really does make you feel stupid and really lowers your self esteem even if it’s unintentional. I want to try and contact my counselor to see if I could try at least one honors class because I really want to challenge myself and plus it looks good on college applications.
Being in that class really makes you stupid and lazy of learning I’m a senior now and I only learn algebra 1 for three years Bc I’m in that class and I never took any chemistry and other science class Bc of that class I tired everything to. Get out of that damm class but all I get is oh no even my mom thinks same thing that class really makes you stupid
@@naicadesruisseaux4376 I have a friend that was in special ed but he get out of there cause he said he got A on all the special ed class he got
Unfortunately if you’re a senior it’s to late. You can go to a community college and work your way up if you do well at a community college you’ll be able to get into any college and look better than any high school student. I was in your situation and I’ll tell you that high school is utterly meaningless you shouldn’t feel upset or embarrassed. I’m living proof this can be overcome as I graduated from college after going through all of this.
@@JJJJ-he8bz Hey thanks for the encouragement! I’m actually planning on going to a community college after Highschool and I’m hoping to do better there. But yeah my last comment was written at a time where I was still deeply insecure about not taking any honors or AP classes because I thought it reflected on my intelligence and how successful I’d be. But now I realize that those things don’t matter as much (or at least they shouldn’t matter much) and doesn’t reflect on my own capabilities thanks to advice like yours. I’m so glad that you did well in CC and were able to become successful! Best of luck to you in life and thanks again for the support!
Anytime. If you do well at a community college you can get an academic scholarship to a university. I had a friend did this. It took me a long time to get rolling but that’s because I let this shit get to me. Once I just started taking care of business I took off and before I knew it in 2016 I got my associates and in 2019 got my bachelors. It took a total of 7 years but from 2015 on I was a different person because I didn’t care anymore about my past. You can be much faster than I was if you just let this all go once you leave high school you’ll truly be free to accomplish whatever you want and nothing holding you back your time to will come.
The kids in this video are 100% correct. Their whole review of the issues of special education are completely spot on.
These are victims of an oppressive system and yet sped teachers are in denial on what they are doing to these students
adam jacobson i did not do anything in special education all i ever did was bull shits works i had no future after high school they were keeping me behind in high school and i was not smart in high school
I'm about to graduate from High School. I personally feel like Special Ed has robbed me of a Proper Education. Since Kindergarten, Special Ed has ruined My Life. These Teachers are in denial to these Students. We can't do shit. Why? The Teachers have everyone on their side, that will take up for them. While the students don't have anyone to take up for them. That's why I think the program should be shut down.
PsychoLavos did they talk to you about your future after high school did they help you go to a good community college because my school didn’t do shit for me after I graduate I didn’t have a chance to go to community college because of my low GPA
They only do that for Smart Students.
PsychoLavos are you going to college
When I was in middle school my psychiatrist told my mom to put me in a special needs classroom, but the school refused because they said I wouldn't learn anything. I'm glad I wasn't put in special ed because if I was put in special ed I would have never been able to pass the TASC exam at 18. Yes I dropped out because I was bullied in my regular ed classes. But if I was put in special ed I would have never been able to pass that exam.
I would of never made it to my high school graduation and to college had I not fought for my right to a better education in 7th grade. Now, Im studying education Special Education I want to be the voice for the quiet voices of those rooms. Who will fight for them? No one will only me. My heart is in it and I it will stay forever.
You lucky bastard.
My school system is ran by retards basically who dont know what there doing
I’m an freshman in high school and I am in sped classes and all my other friends are in regular and they are learning at a faster pace and I’m in a smaller class with like 2 or three teachers aides and learning at a slower pace isn’t fair and I ain’t special ed I’m a regular kid so sorry (sped isn’t for me) leave a like if you want to be taken out of special edd
It’s the name that gets to me
That is because these students are kept in restrictive settings and are not getting the socialization they need and are supposed to. They are supposed to have exposure to the general population of students. Some special ed programs even have students that volunteer to come and socialize with them. This is a violation unless the IEP requires such restrictions of the student due to their disability which is extremely rare. So sad that all they want is friends, most of the LEAs know nothing about an Individualized Education Program. Education Department makes all their money off of special education that's why they love placing kids in special education yet the kids get nothing, what a disgrace!! Poor kids suffered, I really hope there is a class action.
Honestly tho, I wanna improve the special Ed system, which is why I want to be a special Ed teacher when I grow up. Those with special needs need to be integrated into our society, and them interacting with Gen Ed kids is the only way
Those Volunteers that come down are the same bullies that harass those kids
@@emibeckingham8616 Really?
I am in special ed because I suck at math and I really want to get out
910ksPlayz AndTheGang just keep working on the math. It’s a process. Don’t focus on getting out. Focus on what you’re learning. Chin up.
Same bro I did bad last year and got put in sped
I have two classes are regular class and mostly are special ed class
@JCPS UA-cam channel its for people who needed help for teachers to help them if u pass all the classes you will be placed in regular classes i was put in regular classes for science and social studies because i dont really needed help
Same
I hate when kids would ask me "Why are you in special ed" I would make up lies and I would say to them "Because they want to see if I'm different in a special ed room than a regular classroom, they will switch me back in 2 months" My parents would say that I'm not dumb I'm smart but the thing is im lazy and I would never pay attention in class and that's why they see me struggling, so therefore they thought It was best for me to be put in a special ed room, I was never special ed my entire life until I was put in special ed for the 7th grade, I wasn't in the special ed room on the first day of school I was in a regular classroom advance and then later on in April of 2019 I was sent to special ed and I spent 3 months in there and by that time I was being picked on by alot kids I started being depressed I couldn't take I wanted to kill myself then staying in a small classroom learning about 6th grade science, I'm *SO* embarrassed and I'm even nervous to go to school now I don't know what classroom I'm going to be in they said if I did really well in that classroom they will switch me back to an advance classroom so I'm really nervous
I know the feeling it’s like torture but I learned that the so called regular education kids was dum as rocks cause they made fun of me yet I was helping them with their homework she class work I had regular classes the small class was just my homeroom I had a teacher for extra help but for the course of the day I was in regular education classes passing with A and all the other students use to tease me but yet ask me for help which made feel good cause I realize that they ain’t no better we all need help but it’s really like torture.
Yea, I was put into the class years ago. I didn't really think of it at all and I didn't care till 7th grade (I'm still in 7th grade today) I've seen internet memes about special ed and all that stuff so it made me feel like it's embarrassing to be in those classes. But I really like the teachers, they actually treat us like a student and not a baby. Sometimes, I would hide from students if they saw me in those classes because those students who would walk pass the class are in the advanced class.
You are extremely smart. You become anything you want to accomplished!
That was me in middle school the students would ask me why I'm in special ed and I would make a witty joke just to dodge the question and I remember being embarrassed to be seen with the special ed kids because most of them we're intellectual disabled and the other kids be looking at me like what's wrong with him
Oh wow! I can relate to this video. I was in Special ed classes my whole life. I was always bullied and called names. I know what it's like. Now I'm 32 and I have a job that I've been on for 4 years and I do cooking videos and I'm thinking of doing travelling videos.
Shadya Brown-Hall i’m glad someone is speaking out against the special ed system You are so lucky that you have your life they made my life miserable and special ed in six years from now I’m going to be 33 years old and let me just tell you something my life has been fucked up by the special ed system I can’t even continue my education they have made my life fucking miserable
Wow! So sorry! No everything for me has been sunshine and lollipops. The only reason I made it this far is because of God and my teachers.
Same. I had a hering aid
You go girl!! I was special too, because we were treated like whenever Mount to anything I wasn't given the skills I need to go to college. I hate it because I can pass every college course except math, the professor's dropped me from their classes because they said I do not have the math skills and would take too long for me to ever develop them
Shadya Brown Hall I was in special education all through school.
How the Law Should Be: 1. The School Should Need to have at Least 2 faculty members who Independently come to the conclusion that a student has ADHD, learning disability, mental illness, etc 2. The school Should first consult w/ the student for his/her opinion and then need the Permission of the Parents/Guardian to administer an IQ test or psychological evaluation. 3. The school Should have to Consult with the Student's Doctor before making any kind of diagnosis or prescribing treatment such as forcing the student into therapy or drugs under threat of expulsion. 4. The Parents should have the Right to a 2nd Opinion from a 3rd party doctor if they disagree w/ the school psychologist's findings.
J Shirls iq test isn’t always accurate but they should test students to see if they could do both special ed and regular ed I did I’m high school it was good!
Thats how mild and real special education worka in my school but its all about money, in america people are overally brain washed and dumb, some upper social school people putting shy, bad students, etc to ed istead of putting bullies who actually have problems like anger, family arguments etc.
It should also include the student more. It’s their education.
special ed is TERRIBLE and NEEDS reform.
Special education held me back from taking classes that were within my grade. I was excelling in music in art in elementary school, until fourth grade. Because I was deemed a “slow learner”, despite being one of the smartest kids in my class of five, I was held back a grade with music and art. Instead of going into fourth grade classes, I had to take third grade classes DESPITE PASSING THEM. I had to do the SAME SHIT in fifth grade. not only this, but teachers would constantly grab at students if they spaced out, would always be physical with them to get their way, and would always scream in the faces of HEARING SENSITIVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN. and then wondered why students felt fuckin scared of her smh. she even got mad at us for saying that we were scared of her and “took points off our point sheet for disrespect.”
Then middle school came.
Things were... alright in sixth grade. I was able to take classes that was in my grade level... but I was prevented from going to more classes. Similar to elementary, I wasn’t allowed to take art, home ec, music, and even history class. (I only was in my history classroom to take the constitution test.)
Then seventh grade, the worst year, came at me. I wasnt allowed in art (still!), history, home ec, music, science and history. I attended a guitar class for a few months in seventh grade, only for my homeroom teacher to pull me out of it DESPITE THAT I WAS EXCELLING. Not only all of this, but there were punishments that heightened my anxiety. If I had a panic attack, meltdown or breakdown in class, the teacher forcibly removed me and PUT ME INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER ACTIVE CLASSROOM WITH 20+ STUDENTS. I had SEVERE SOCIAL ANXIETY at this age and I was used to being in a class with no more than five people, so imagine the utter fear I felt when all eyes turned on me when I walked in a gen ed classroom. Imagine the fear I felt as I had snot running down my nose, puffy eyes and a red face, walking into a classroom with normal students taking a test and they all just sit and stare at me. We had this “level system” where id you behave perfectly for long enough, (meaning no melt downs or any kind of anxiety.) youll move up a level. I was always stuck on level one and two bc of my Autism, severe social anxiety, and ocd. I would constantly have anxiety attacks, pick at my skin/hair, and I would be too anxious to ask for help. Because of showin these symptoms I was held back on the level system. But whats so special about this level system you ask? Well say if someone gets to level three, theyre actually allowed to take science and history class! Wow! So if you act like a perfect little normal kid for a few months, the school will deem you ready to take HISTORY AND SCIENCE CLASS. The fourth level (being he highest, and takes 4 months to achieve) has you be able to go to art, home ec, music, and on field trips.
8th grade was the first time I ever was put in a gen ed classroom. My mom moved out of the suburbs and we moved into the city of Chicago. I was FINALLY in a gen ed class and it hit me like a brick. I was SO far behind with almost every single one of my classes (except reading) because I wasn’t taught proper shit in special ed. Especially in math, because guess who was never taught how to do percentages! I knew little to nothing about the revolutionary and civil war, and I barely knew a thing about science.
Special ed ruins lives and I demand that its reformed. I’m currently a drop out working to get his GED. I dropped out of my junior year in high school because I thought “education wasn’t for me” and that i was too retarded to take “normal people classes.”
I hope a special education teacher sees this comment and understands the absolute struggle of autistic children who have the misfortune to endure special ed. I hope that if one is reading this, that they take the time out of their day to fight for autistic kids’ right to learn basic knowledge in classes.
sorry for the sob story, but this hit way too close to home to not say anything. sped fucked up my life and education and it hurts seeing it happen to other autistic kids.
double donut not just autistic kids I've seen non disabled students in those toxic classes back in my high school years sped teachers only care about their salary since they get paid more than regular Ed teachers just to ruin a students life no wonder i hate this fucking country so damn much the system is truly fucked up some sped teachers might come across reading your comment but they know and do not give a shit
I have autism and was never put in special ed due to my high IQ of 144. Even though in gen ed i had assistant teacher in almost every class. I found that 3/7 weren't toxic. 2 of which were really understanding. I found that 9 /10 were nice to me and 5/10 helped more than 5 of the assistant teachers. I never really meltdowns i think i had 3 but instead i have shutdowns.
This happened to me too. It hit me in 7th grade thag if I don't fight no one will fight for me my parents can do so much. So I rebelled I fought back and I demanded a better education for myself. I was 13 years old learning my ABC'S treated like a 4 year old and I fought back. I was placed in gen ed but my teachers would kick me out and send me else where to do busy work for the school I was a secretary to them.
I fought and was punished for it so when my state exams came I failed them all. I didn't fail the school failed me they failed to give me a proper education. So I threatened them if they didnt let me learn im the classroom I would call the state education board. Which is what I did long story short many teachers got their teaching license taken away and many were fired.
I moved after that year for my personal safety due to the bullying I faced. I was so far behind I didn't know anything from the 7th grade material and when my teachers asked me I just said " my teachers would kick me out of class as soon as I walked into the door they didn't want me to learn" and it broke them here was a 14 year old closed off shy scared just wanting a better education. They helped me learn and I scored higher grades than my peers and I had this hunger for learning. Now here I am nearly 21 years old studying education so this never ever happens again. It ends with me they cycle breaks with me and I will refuse to let it happen to any other child.
@@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840 underatted comment I'm going into high school now
I have autism and all the special ed teachers treated me like I was five and acting like I didn’t understand facial expressions like happy sad despite being in 7th grade and they talked to me in this baby voice that made me want to punch them
I’m in special Ed in high school and I agree with a lot of you guys I get embarrassed because I’m with kids that have a lot of issues because I’m behind the other kids because of my high function Autism. It sucks and I really wish one day I can have a normal high school life with the kids without issues but I know that’s probably never gonna happen
Do you want to know what sucks is even more I'm staying home and I'm not doing anything I graduate high school 8 years ago and I have no future these teachers They Don't Care About Us they just care about the money and it's really sad for me when I see people talking about their children's future in front of me I was at the gym the other day and I saw these family and friends they were talking about the future that this one kid he was talking about he was going to be a doctor and I went to the bathroom and I was started f****** crying not because after the pain I was crying because of the pain I was crying because what special education teacher said to me I was crying because I'm disabled I was crying because I know I'm not going to be anywhere and if you try to reach to your special ed teachers they're not going to help you I tried to reach out to them multiple times and no luck they don't care about you once you graduate you think I'm lying go and try to reach out to them after you graduate that I did not going to care about you anyway I'm staying home and I'm not doing anything it sucks yeah I do have a job but I'm not working every day because of SSI it's f****** sucks when you can't go a college it f****** sucks when you have no friends I wish I was no more and these teachers They Don't Care About Us they just care about the money I'm sorry that what the system failed us I have been saying this for a long time special education it's a trap in my opinion this is just my opinion they just loved just to keep us behind so we cannot get away with others
Venom dark I’m sorry you have to go through this I agree it’s a trap because I’m in special Ed because I’m far behind in school and have High functioning Autism. But what I hate about is they don’t let you have any freedom they don’t let you talk to the regular kids and they treat you like I’m one or too it sucks I wish there was a way out of it is there?? I feel your pain I’ll keep you in my prayers
Jackson Lampin That happens to me every day when I go to high school
I’ve been in special ed since 4th grade now I’m in 8th grade and let me tell you I’m tired of it I did not even choose to be in special ed it makes me feel forgotten and worried that I have no future I don’t want to be forgotten I want to be remembered long after I’m gone I hate it I like the kids in my class and I think it’s detrimental to there futures as much as it is for mine tomorrow I’m gonna tell all of them
As someone with autism and adhd who got out of the special education system and has friends who are currently in the process of getting diagnosed with autism who are in most of the honors and accelerated courses at my school (I am too). I don’t give a fuck that most of these comments are 5+ years old I finally feel like I am heard and understood even though my friends with autism can understand me to a certain degree they can’t empathize with my experience in the special education system and just reading all these comments finally makes me feel like I am heard and understood by others. Thank you so much!
Anyone else is having a hard time at their job because of special education and because of low reading skills I was placed in special education for 15 years of my life and let me just tell you I graduated back in 2012 and I just quit six jobs because of my situation are used to work at Walmart to six months ago and I hate it so much and reading skills was very hard for me and the managers and employees were very rude also and they don’t they don’t help a lot I have been treated very bad most of my life and now I’m walking a shitty job making shitty money and now I quit Walmart and. I’m working only two days a week so thank you special-education for ruining my life
Why not you go to adult high school and job programming?
Never been to adult high school, but it will help you to rebuild confidence and turn your life around, having job program will give you a boost of getting you a job.
Also, I can read well and having no problem of my reading skills.
I was in special ed for the dumbest fucking reason, my TCAP scores. I’ll admit, I was lazy, because I really didn’t feel like taking a 3-hour state exam two weeks before summer. I wasn’t stupid, just lazy. Now, I have an MBA from ASU, and work for one of the biggest trailer loading conveyor companies in the country. These students aren’t stupid, the system itself is a failure who only cares about students that don’t need special attention. Besides, people who bully special needs kids usually turn out to be washed up shitbags who peaked in high school.
I was a special needs student and was in special education my entire school career I was bullied until I got in the Red Cross and made a life for myself
Carla Linton. When I was in school. I was in Speacial Ed.And I had Low Self Esteem because I thought I was stupid because I was in Special Ed. And when I Graduated from High School. I got a Special Education Diploma.
Carla Linton Same here they gave me a special education the prom and you can’t do nothing about it and your teachers will not care about you
So sorry for you both. I have a regular diploma with honors.
Shadya Brown-Hall: What is the point of your comment? Why did you put it??
Carla Linton: It shouldn't matter, you should still be able to go to a community college and take the placement exams. You may have to take some extra classes until you get to college level work, but you can do it. I was in mid-level Sp Ed and I graduated from college. It took me 5 quarters of math to finally get to college level math, so 6 quarters total of math. It can be done! You can do it!
Just figured you could use some encouragement. Everyone is bright and can do great things.
I was in special ed classes from 6th grade to me dropping out 11th grade. It was tough because i was laughed at and joked. I was labeled " slow " or " dumb " simply because i learn different and just needed a few more examples. It's not a learning disability nor special education, its a better understanding of the lessons being taught. Think about this example: Every student including YOU reading this has had some type of struggle of a subject like Math or Spanish, is that a learning disability? If you agree then anyone that struggled with a subject during school has or had a learning disability. It's amazing that the same people that laughed and joked me aren't as intelligent or successful as me. Even the girls i asked out laughed in my face are now in my face asking me to hang out😂. It hurt that i was treated like that but the people that treated me that way need me and im teaching them things... nobody is perfect and i want any Gifted students reading this to know that don't worry about what people say because those people will continue to fail and struggle in something you're good at ❤.
I hate having to get up in front of everyone and walking to the special ed class
Same
@@niyagohard9551 It’s literally so embarrassing when you’re taking a test and special ed teacher calls on you loudly to go to another room like bitch stop fucking embarrassing us,
Fr same and it’s embarrassing walking in with the teacher and she comes up to me saying you want to do it here or in the class I’m like here tf stop embarrassing me like that Ik I’m dumb but can you at least not talk so loud 🤣
I had trouble paying attention in school so I was in Special Ed with the handicap kids. My friends have intellectual and development disabilities. It was cool. But I had a teacher who would bully the other kids and me.
They had me in an extra math class with like...8 other people and that made me feel hella dumb. Like I was so dumb that I needed two whole math classes?? And the amount of people in that class showed me that a majority of people were actually really smart and I was just one of the stupid ones. I was actually missing science for that class so when I finally got into a science class at my new school I barely understood what they were talking about.
That's what happened to me I was in special education from first grade until High School by the time I reach Middle School I was behind so many years at first they put me in regular classes and I didn't understand the worksheets after 2 months they put me back in special education and didn't do anything at all I was behind even in high school now I'm now. I'm getting older I try to apply to a community college but the Community College disability service center I said I don't have enough credit now I'm walking in a shity job making shity I was still having problem learning and to be honest with you special education fucked up my career I don't have any friends just sitting home and playing Call of Duty and work in night time shift
Same here the other kids were really smart and I felt dumb just looking at them getting things right that I’m supposed to be knowing but don’t they don’t even teach me shit in this sped class and I was put in one regular class and couldn’t understand what the assignment was and I asked the teacher and she just ignored me I hate being ignored it just makes me feel bad and after that they didn’t give me anymore regular classes until my 10 grade year and 11 grade year I have 3 regular classes now but I don’t understand the assignment but I’m constantly being ignored she talks to the others but when I ask for help she ignore me and imma afraid there gonna take those classes away and put me in more special Ed classes which I don’t want cuz they haven’t teached me shit besides basic math I already know to do and basic reading that is easy as hell to do and they talk to me like I’m 4 in that annoying ass baby voice
I was in special ed my whole school career but I also took some regular ed classes and did very well but the regular ed kids hated me because I made the highest grade in the class.
I feel bad for you. They feel jealous because you're very smart guy.
@@Abbimation. thanks but I'm a girl 😂😊
I grew up in the 1970s without any tutor, special classes or diagnosis. I would have loved to have had someone help me. No teacher, principal, parent even cared enough to help. As it turns out i am asd 1 and adhd as my parents were. Be happy there are tutors, teachers aides, diagnostic tests and so much more.
I was in special Ed cause I struggled in school with vision problems and anxiety and now I work as a special ed paraeducator. I believe it's a case by case issue but we are also responsible for our education. Students as they age can be a part of their iep plans. So I understand the system maybe outdated but I believe fully blaming the system of school does not solve the problem. It mix of family life, income level, school structure, and personal struggles whether it be physical or mental.
I got to special ed class because I was low rank at school I spent 5 year and wish I could go back and go to a normal Ed but please if people have normal class don't waste it work hard and get a good grade because your lucky and have a chance for a good future don't waste it like I did use it for good please.
I maybe not a scientist nor a therapist but I do believe that special education makes mental health worse. Think about it, ever since I was forced to be in ones, my stress levels, anxiety, and depression has gotten worse. Also, I have noticed that a lot of kids in those classes ends up skipping them or even cuts school in general due to the fact how easy the classes are. Worst of all, my 11th grade Power English class felt like a first grade one and I was miserable. Heck, I wasn’t that bad in those classes in the years before that.
I completely know this feeling. I was put into these classes like 2 weeks ago and I hate it so much. I don’t even want to tell my friends because I’m afraid that they will leave me. The only thing that keeps me happy is art and orchestra class. I hate every other class (math,P.E, english, science, social studies) and even worse, everyone thinks I’m stupid. Even the teacher who chose for me to be in that stupid class
I'm autistic and I hate when people think that it means that I'm stupid
You must go to a private school then.
Even when I officially began my 90% "normal" class/ "normal"student classrooms I still had a perfectionistic view because I would always think everyone else was doing better than me. I stressed out so much due to stigma and comparing myself, but I'm glad that I eventually escaped most of the special education classroom at the very least. We all know that students go into the special education system but never come out. I preferred normal classes because even though I was awkward a bit and lacked social skills, I eventually learned a few life lessons and escaped a bit more of the percentage of what the average special education kids goes through. The whole education system makes me mad in all honesty, but the special education system especially because all the normal people who make the rules think that they understand us, but they really don't. Fighting to change the system is my life goal and I don't plan on giving up until something is done...
Same dude
how do you get out of special ed
I used to go to special ed before and I just wished to be normal like everyone else which thank God now I am.
Ur lucky i'm a perfectly normal dude no problems or anything yet they out me in that class omg i hate it so much.
@@lonewolf7761 I'm normal and I'm on it, but that was due to my bad grades.
All young people in video can do all your dreams come true I have lea ring disability I been same job for 29 years Don't let anybody tell you you cant do something you very smart youg people
Phyllis Montoroula and seems a writing disability too . Much luck at cnn thou 👍🏽
When I was in special education for elementary and middle school. I got the help I needed and my teachers were all supportive, but the minute I get to high school the teachers are just not really helpful. So I took a test during my IEP meeting around the end of the year and now i'm in general ed again.
Yeah. I have an IEP. I'm not autistic, but this IEP makes me stupid. I am tired of not having an elective. I wanted to be like normal students. I don't need to be treated like a baby anymore from the get-go. I can do things myself and I want to be like a normal student
same..
I remember when I first saw the special kids it was when I was in 4th grade I started failing miserably but at first I was one of the smartest kids in my class but once I moved to special ed my life became hell because every single time I will try to make friends from a regular class they will find out I’m in a special ed room and stop fuckin with me and that shit hurted my heart cuz I will literally pray to not go to school cause everybody will treat like I’m shit I used to get picked on by 8th graders but they could tell I was different from the kids ghat in my class because I didn’t have autism and they would ask me why that class and I didn’t know what to tell them but that shit made me angry so instead of my me fighting in school I focused on reading because that what I was good at but in the mean while that payed off because I go to regular classes from time to time and that shit used to give me anxiety bad like everybody stared at I wanted to hide in a corner but I started getting use to it but every single time I roast somebody bad they’ll say that’s why u was in a sped class and that shit hurt my sell just hearing it
I'm so related your story and words! Cuz i felt the same way man. I have a miserable life and mistreated by people I feel like i wanted to cry and scream at them but that never happened.... But in highschool I begin to avoid everyone but one regular girl asking me what my next class i really don't wanna answer her but my best friend stood up for me and say " our next schedule is lunch! She's a special Ed, if your ask her what test or what regular homework she's got? DON'T ASK! Girl!" I was shock 😲 my bff stood up for me. We starting to walk towards our lunch time.
I was a Special Ed student from 1st-7th grade.
It was understandable why I had to be here. But the problem was that, unlike most Special Ed kids, I don't have moderate/severe disability and having high functioning autism.
Because I learned very fast, they would get rid of me by put me in regular class.
I was a shy girl back then, so other than that, I have a happy childhood.
But I think the reason why nobody wants to be my friend in high school because I was ugly with long hair. That was why I have to wear glasses and cut my hair.
I’m sorry about that I can relate almost everything u said :( I got put into Sped from 1st grade and I didn’t realize I was in it until 4th grade my life is basically hell. Whenever I would want to make friends with someone from regular Ed classrooms everything’s normal until when they find out I’m in sped they would stop being my friend and it made me feel not worthy and everyone treats me likes a 2 year old so they give me pre school work like wtf and they put me in many special needs because of how I look? They for sure think I’m stupid so they’re teaching me kindergarten crap. I wish I could say how I feel about sped but I’m too shy because I’m sitting here not learning anything but just being taught pre school crap? haha well I get reports saying “She still needs some learning” “She still needs to educate herself” and “I think she likes the classroom we should give her extra help” NO FUCKING DIP SHERLOCK you’re the ones pulling as back from actually learning regular things instead of kindergarten crap maybe if you let me out of sped maybe I’d get better and not struggle more and actually get better. haha I didn’t even get taught the vowel sounds of A E I O U. plus I ain’t got no disability. In conclusion I think Sped should only be for those that have a Disability not for those that are struggling god I wish I was treated like my age.
Good luck for anyone who's trying to get a good job after high Schoolbecause my high school didn't do s*** for me they didn't even help me find me a job it took me five years just to get a job and I was terrible at it because special didn't teach me this was my 7 job that I quit f***
I was taken out of the class room after about 3rd grade for the most part and into normal classes and I still felt stupid. The stigma that we get from other kids after being isolated for 2 years or longer is annoying. The system sucks and I strive with the rest of the days of my life to fight this trashy system of the flaws of the special education system. I rode the bus with normal kids unlike the other special education kids and I always called "shot gun" or front seat because my bus driver was my only buddy while everyone else stereotyped me or didn't even know me.
I was in special ed but we called it life skills and my teacher was amazing i couldn't be in regular classes cus I'm autistic and have server learning disabilities
That’s worse than special word That’s for dumb dumb
@@tangiechapman6219 yes !!! those moderate severe classes are bad, i can understand having a couple semesters or even 1 year of a life and job skills program, but this 4 + years of life skills classroom, really hinders and holds back people and it denies them exposure to things like science, maths, art, music, band, ect, that they might develop or discover they have skills in, that can lead to growth and a real job a real life out in the real world
If you're severe autistic and learning disabilities, why you sound intelligent and having best grammar?
I have a horrible grammar. But just saying, not judging you.
I'm dyslexic and I am reeding and writing above grade level but I still get put in that crap LIKE WTF
Mastermo1010 Are you sure you are “Reeding” above grade level?
@@therealdr7631 do you know what dyslexic means?
Boi you didn't spell reading right
@@x76shotz- Hence the learning disability called DYSLEXIA, it often effects spelling due to how a person processes and sees letters and words !
I got into a special ed in high school when i actually wanted to go into film school, and i didnt get into there cuz of my stupidity but because of my laziness, but yet they still treat me like an animal in a cage, but i have friends that help me through hard times and still cheer me up and belives that i will become something great one day😁
How’s it going right now?
No worries here everyone can experience arduous like stress but remember everything is possible as believing you can achieve with dedication and your victory is all yours.
Yea I did Both Special ed and regular ed In high school it was awesome I loved to see if I could hang and compete with the regular Ed kids did Special Ed Math/English Regular Ed I had History/Science and of course electives is always regular ed but anyway they said I was to dump for school and I will be in a wheel chair i proved them wrong when I got into high school they saw a difference I have ADHD/Learning Mood Disorders Depression now seeing PTSD my mom would change my disability because she thought she was my medical doctor what’s funny was when I was taking Special Ed classes they did talk to me like I was 5 when and would get mad and go to my school counselor then I went to my regular ed classes I felt like a whole new person they would greet me show me respect compliment me and push me and one of the teachers told me that I was one of the smartest kids in her class top 3 a special ed kid coming home with As and Bs I would want to cry in the history class but I didn’t when it came to test day I would go out the class screaming I got a A or B my friends would congratulate me they where straight regular ed greatest moment in my life time of high school junior year senior year was overrated but yea it was amazing💯😘✌🏾🗣 #Classof18🤙💍
In my school I only go to one of these special education classes and then for the rest of the day I go to regular classes
Yea I think special Ed should be for ppl with disabilities not if ur struggling cuz they don't understand HOW BIG OF A REP KILLER THAT IS LIKE YOU LOSE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. it's terrible😖 (btw I ain't in special Ed)
Yeah
I know that feeling all to well.
I was in special ED? I loved it
Facts id rather be failing
Exactly, Im a very calm and normal dude, Im good at making friends, but at my 4th grade I kinda struggled and I got put in special ed, and we have in our classes 2 special kids who have a lot of mental issues, and I feel bad because despite that its not their fault that they are like that, I feel sad that Im being compared to them, when they put me with them.
Most of the people in my class believe that Im mentally handicapped and DUMB (once someone even said "He's Dumb" and everytime that I have good grades they get surprised) the only person who doesnt believe that Im like those special kids is a new guy in our class, but thats because as he is new he isnt aware that SADLY Im special ):, we are close friends, EVEN MY CRUSH THINKS THAT IM LIKE THAT!
Should I kill myself?
I am in special ed in high school 10th grade I can do advanced trigonometry and advanced algebra I just have ADHD but I’m one of the smartest kids in my school when I go in special ed for extra time to get my homework done there’s this one teacher that tries to do everything for me she says “I don’t know if you’re able to do that” after she does all of my homework that I am completely capable of doing she gives me hand written homework with questions like what’s 5+5 I have no friends everybody thinks that I’m retarded it’s hell
Same bruh but the difference it's I never got taught Advance math and I've already been in special Ed for like 70 days and I still haven't learn advanced math they still in the basics and bruh literally the teachers give easy homework bruh
@@heavenly5545 they treat you like your in 1st grade
@@heavenly5545 it just lowers your self-confidence and makes you think that your stupid it also takes away your friends and makes you the quiet kid that everybody makes fun of.
These are my ppl and I don't care what the outside world has to say about them I had a rough time in school and i remember i used to hide from other students i didn't want them seeing me going in to that classroom i dropped out and lucked out with a decent job have 3 daughters and a wife till this day i have allot of mental challenges ahead of me when I was little I always wanted to be the next kid cuz I knew he was smarter than me life as a special ed student taught me a lot of lessons now from back when
I hate being in a sped classes. It’s embarrassing and people tease me for being in special education student I literally hate it but not finna let people label me for who I am. School hard for me. Because I hate reading… I feel slow sometimes 🙁
I know the feeling I was in special education classes in 7-8th grade but we had what was called mainstream classes I would be in regular education classes for math,science,English,history but the small class my homeroom and I went there for extra help.But students would tease me and yet I was the one helping them with their homework and class work yet they teased me all the time but would come to me the slow kid in special Ed for help that made me feel good.I mean half the people in there don’t belong in there they put anyone in there cause behavior problems,ADHD, anxiety you don’t even need to have a learning disability.But when I was in high school I was in regular classes but it’s like torture for special education students.I know what’s it’s like people think you stupid and dum and yet I had good grades and other students would ask why am I am in special education classes when I do well in regular classes.I would just say it’s the teachers fault they only want a pay check and don’t take the time out to help some some students.I know kids who dropped out of school cause of being teased for being in special education classes if only people knew the pain and the embarrassment I would cry to my aunt I didn’t want go to school cause the other kids would pick on me I was so depressed.But one teacher told me I had the best grade in class cause of a test I had a 100 and this was my regular education class it was then the other kids couldn’t make fun of me cause I was like only kid who they called stupid who passed.Lol so I use to that against every time they would tease me and the bullying stopped. I had them coming to me after class to help.So don’t feel bad these other regular education kids are no better either and I felt like my parents could’ve fought harder for me to keep in regular education classes but it was a learning experience.
This is sad man I screwed up last school year during the pandemic and now I’m treated like I’m “special” and it just makes you feel pathetic and that was my first year of high school I wish I could do it all over again
Same bruh
But I only barely fail because I was taken a stand against my dad he always says "You're always doing Shit bad and being lazy because of video games" and I decided to willing not do the homework he would get so mad Is pathetic I wish I could send him to jail and watch cringe shit for eternity
I don't think I'd have such an intolerance for sped kids if I wasn't shoved in classes with these kids my whole life. When these kids are stuck on a question for like 15 minutes and it starts effecting MY education I get pissed off. Adults need to stop throwing all types of kids in one class, they need to try to make the regular classes work before throwing kids in these hell holes known as sped classrooms
Anonymous Profile if anything that’s good. Regular schools kill the fun and insist on being politically correct, if it’s a private sped school then they legally can do whatever parties they want. Usually sped schools are smaller and you can get away with those things more.
Either way that’s a good thing because it’s fun. Talk to anyone who went to school before the 1990s and most will tell you how awesome it was having Christmas parties, and even the non-catholic kids had a blast. After the 90s regular schools started to get politically correct.
I agree. Some kids in my class have an assignment due 3 weeks after its announced and they still don't do it. Then the teacher gives another week extension
@@thatgirlray2765 so true.
It’s called inclusion
Ya fr I’m this guy was working Addition and he was stuck on a equation and I was waiting on my teacher to be done helping him and ended up waisting my god damn time and I was working on my algebra assignment and literally did three equations cuz of that kid and he didn’t even help me out on it in my 6th grade year I was so pissed I mean the parties they do are fun but I hate being in this sped class it’s not doing anything just making me feel dumb and being bullied by people and talking to me like I’m fucking 4 🤦🏾♂️
I think they mean special needs not special ed. Special Ed is for people to struggle with an academic learning disability: Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia ect... I myself have dyscalculia and received services in special ed and never had a classmate this delayed as the ones in the video.
I'm not bragging when I say this, but I received a presidents education award even without straight A's, (it wasn't as privileged as the straight A kid of course) but I didn't deserve it because I never learned a single thing at school. It was easy because it was repetitive, but hurt me in the long run when I finally learned something new in high school. I never learned how to take a test very well because of the system, so I struggled throughout high school.I didn't learn much math because I had the trashy version of repeated math in middle school and my high school teacher and my science teacher began with their implicit teacher bias against me for being bad at math. I spent many years with so much repetitive material that I struggled in high school math such as after my freshman year. It got to the point where I had a long period of a whole trimester during my junior year when I just broke down and fell into deep depression because of my crappy IEP. I learned to be thankful for my breakdown though, because I finally found the life lessons I needed a long time ago (not until my k-12 years were almost over of course). I became a diagnostic perfectionist to the extreme and I went my whole life feeling like I was bad at everything I did. I was a failure; that's what I thought until my U.S. History and Ethnic Studies teacher taught me otherwise during my junior - senior year. I finally learned to have faith in myself and that failure is a part of success, not the opposite of success. Every toddler falls down before he learns to walk. Same goes to riding a bike or an olympic athlete in development.
School system is fucked up some ppl might need things explained to them clearer but not to be out in a position where they can’t learn anything than end up not being taught shit
I was in special Ed till I was 13 and if sucks, I hate it. I also hate how people (like my mom) treats me different because I have autism, and also have difficulty’s with things like washing my hair and stuff, she treats me like a child with other things.
YOU dropped out?!?
LUCKY you! I am 14 and still stuck there! (I only have 1 class then all the others are normal)
People bully me for being special education class. It makes me feel like not living honestly 🙁
I feel you I’m sorry for that, I don’t like being in sped I just wanna live a normal day without sped and then I get put into this f*cking classroom where they treat you like a 2 year old, and it makes me wanna 0ff myself and I make friends until when they realize I’m in sped they use me and eventually become fake now everyone picks on me I hate it ☹️
@@Em-nf9ih same , I hope life goes well for you soon 🤍💕 🥺🌎 You just gotta keep your head up and let people talk because that’s all they can do
I get it and its the special ed teachers that treat us differently compared to regular ed kids they like to pick and choose who does what and I fucking hate it
I don't need an IEP in the first place. I can't live like this anymore
I am a special education teacher and the truth is we are so strangled by laws, documentation, and paperwork we can never devote all the time and attention we would like. I never reveal I am a Sped teacher or tell the kids they are in a sped class, especially when I do co-teaching with a Gen Ed teacher. We work with every kid - both sped and Gen Ed so no one is singled out. Once kids learn I am a sped teacher they ostracize me, won’t let me help and say things like “I’m not a retard…” so I keep my mouth shut. In my opinion we are all “special Ed” because we each have our own unique way of learning - and my job is to find out what that is for each kid and adjust accordingly. Sped makes me feel like an outcast as well, and we are often treated like second class teachers by our colleagues- some of whom shove a kid your way and say “you deal with this…” I do love my job - and my kids, but “sped” stigmatizes us all and that in the end serves no one…
I have to say these kids will be better off being home schooled cause i was in special education and you really did not learn any thing
I'm gonna agree with you too those kids Need to be home school I used to be in sped but now I'm home school☺
I wish my mom would listen to me i am a high school freshman yet my teacher teaching me 5th grade crap
when i was in 5th grade, my teacher sent us 3rd grade crap, special ed is hell
@@oneworldgovernment9548 I know right
The Special education program is ruining people's confidence and lives. I got put in those classes in 6th grade until 10 grade. I didn't learn anything during that time, so I eventually started acting out and getting into trouble. I got kicked out of school in the 10th grade for fighting. I few months later I started taking GED classes and It was a struggle. I remember taking a GED assessment when I started. I was on a 6th grade level and within a year, I passed my GED. 4 out of 10 high school graduates can't pass the GED. I have graduated from college since then with an associate degree and I have a great job, but I will always remember my past. All of my classmates that were in Special education with me are in jail, dead because of drugs, or working fast food. I'm the only one that truly made it and that's because of Jesus Christ and my family that never give up on me.
@@JasonConner0023 there is one kid in my class who was in jail my class is not really for retarded kids its really for kids who just have regular disabilities
Kids don't go to adult jail. They get sent to juvenile centers, if they get into too much trouble. Every special education program is for kids with disabilities. I got put in special education in the 6th grade with no disability. I just needed a little extra help in regular education and I would have been fine. The teachers gave up on me though and put me in special education. I got my GED and graduated college since then and I have a great job, but I always remember being in special education. It could have ruined my life, but I survived and made it.
the school, some tutor, teacher, some collegues make feel stupid everyone
And plus the last time I learned something was in coding and when I'm in special ed classes I've learned absolutely nothing cuz I already know all of it
I had special ed teacher named Miss. Brovont and for 3 years in my math class and she encouraged me and classmates that we would do well in our class and we passed our tests every year because of her support to help us do well and understand the math subject
I work with special needs children.I feel that each child is unique and awesome.I wish people would treat them with kindness and respect.I absolutely love each and everyone ❤
I'm just going to go on a tangent here, hahaha! It really makes me mad the fact that the reading program didn't even teach me the vowel sounds: A, E, I, O,U. Yet they still just only reported: "she needs to advocate herself a little more." " She's doing bad at this, her reading level is this low, her math score is this low." Well no dip Sherlock! You teach me 1st grade math and make me skip 2nd, 3rd and 4th and you wonder why I struggle at math my 5th grade year! I still managed to get a B, but still, this system makes me angry! My tutor who I started during 4th grade said that I was the fastest person to learn to read well. It wasn't because I was particularly smart, but rather that it's because I was actually learning something new and not just the stupid alphabet: "A, apple a, B, boy,b,ect." 🙄
(I might be a bad person for doing this, but when my tutor started the alphabet in her teaching, I gave a bit of attitude with my tone of voice because I thought it was the dumb reading program all over again, but guess what? I learned something new unlike any results I would get under the dumb education system which just complains about the kids instead of finding a solution like a smart person).
Special education kids are not stupid! Just because you as the average person don't understand us doesn't give you the right to stereotype us and underestimate us. Not to be rude, but the stereotyping made by normal people towards us doesn't make us/ the "special education" kids stupid, it makes you as the average kid stupid because you're so cocky and arrogant. It doesn't help the fact that normal kids who don't feel comfortable will bully you and underestimate you or so to say 'throw the rock at you' to make their own foolish and narcissistic self feel much better. We need to stop separating our kids and stop teaching "normal" kids that it's okay to boost their own ego through being a jerk and 'throwing rocks at others instead of being smart and making their own foundation of self understanding and faith in oneself.' Don't be dumb and tear others down to make yourself feel better because the more you waste your rocks the harder the hurricane comes down upon you, so to say.
I have an iep and considered special ed but I never felt it. I mean I didn't have like a drastic learning disability and I'm in regular class heck I'm even in advanced classes in highschool . I don't feel "dumb" . just because you need special education doesn't make you dumb.
I'm in this program as well and Its annoying because I ain't tryna be in a special class I rather go to a regular class because people at school been saying crap about me my grades are good some dumbass teacher always pick me because I'm special and whatever it hits test they always give me a little stack
I graduated 7 years ago and I have all the back memory about this program to teachers don't even give us support after we graduate only dad was just kept me behind and just give me worksheets I didn't do anything they just put us there so we can stay away from the regular kids
Yeah, I get sad when I think about it. But what can I say, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. It sucked, it was embarrassing, but I’m glad that the classes existed. I couldn’t keep up in the regular classes :( I still can’t understand how fast they caught onto the stuff the teacher was saying haha. I’ll never understand, but it’s ok.
These kids are reading what their being ask to read...
I have a read aload thing on tests and they would give me headphones for it and I would never use it because it makes me feel stupid and I can read ten times faster but then they tell I NEED IT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN I GET A WORSE SCORE WHEN I USE IT
I'm in special Ed's luckily nobody bullies or picks on me but it really help me at the begging but shcool was getting harder we where learning more advanced stuff in regular class special class was shit they just thought me to multiply
Sorry for the spelling errors lol
As long as the determining factor for core academics is merit, it benefits everyone for integration. But I draw the line at allowing everyone into AP history, calculus, or even Algebra 1 - these have to have the basic qualifications to access. And I say this as someone who required SpEd for years due to my dyslexia. My attitude was determined mostly by my parents - I accepted my reality, took full advantage of the special services, and with years of work it barely effects me today.
Keep the good work. Hold on the good work you do.
I’m special ed, take the regular classes. I also have to go to ot. But I do have one class different, I have advisory with other people with minor disabilities the teacher just seems to not understand that we are different.
I was in a special needs program throughout all of my school career. It never helped me and I almost never learn anything out of it. It's terrifying that some kids may function normally, but are put into these classes because the schools think they have a behavior problem or a disability. What's sad is that almost no one is trying to fix this problem, and yet this can really fuck up a child's future. I wouldn't be surprised if children committed suicide because of it. Please fix your fucking school system America, our future depends on these children.
That 's true, special education can and will ruin your future and your life.
I believe you too About to suicide thing About kids in sped
I 100% agree special Ed classes will objectively ruin your future. The only benefit is the work is easy as fuck.
Special education IEP IDEA has no civil rights protection, the Section 504 and ADA have a civil rights protections.
As someone who has a learning disability this video really resonates with me Bc I hate being pulled out and I feel embarrassed whenever I go to the special ed room and honestly it effects my mental health I wish I could go at least a day without having to go there
I didn’t learn anything in special ed and I was a little shocked that the Teacher didn’t know that H2O means Water.
I'm in a class for people with mental disorders and things like that. (Like anxiety, PTSD, autism, depression, OCD etc. Only in severe cases though. ) There's my class which has 6-7 people in it and one other class which is for people with behavior issues. You need a keycard to get into the section of the building which these classes are in, i'm not really sure why though. I think its so we don't leave. Anyway, I actually really like it in there. At first I wasn't sure of the teacher there, but as I got more comfortable there I started to enjoy it more. Everyone actually treats you like an adult and not like a stupid 2 year old. Tbh they actually treat us older than we are and like we're they're friends, not a load of weirdos. We each get a laptop and our own desk, which you get to decorate if you're there for good. (Some people come and go depending on the day.) Our teachers for that period send us our work and if they don't then the teacher puts on a movie. (Usually an old musical, which I've actually started to enjoy.) We have one teacher for all lessons aswell which is another thing I like. Change is not something i'm good with. I started going to this class last year because my social anxiety got so bad that I couldn't go to school. I've also recently been diagnosed with autism and going there has helped me process it a lot better. All in all, after watching this video I think that i've realized that I actually got the good end of the stick. My friends have been super supportive about it aswell. One of their sisters is in the same class as me (It goes across all grades) so that's made us closer. My other friend annoys me sometimes by saying stuff like, "You're so lucky that you don't have to go to class," and "I wish that I went there." It's annoying because she makes it sound like a holiday when it's not. I'm there for a reason and on a bad day it still feels like hell, just a slightly better one. So yeah. Oh it's improved my confidence aswell. Ima stop now but I hope you enjoyed reading. (Damn that was long.)
It makes me fucking wanna kill myself I can’t even earn one friend because they think I’m stupid or ugly and everyone ignores me all the time because they think I’m loud or too dumb I hate being in special Ed :(
@@Em-nf9ih I'm sorry that you feel like that but just try to remember that you won't be in it forever. As long as you get good grades you can still progress in life and one day how many friends you had in school won't matter. In the real world most jobs couldn't care less. Keep being yourself and it will get better. Sometimes giving up feels like the best option but at the end of it all it's not. Even if you can't make friends irl ,online friends are the best! You can talk to them without having to worry about them knowing who you are. I'm in a group chat and it's helped me through ALOT . You don't have to of course it is highly recommended. And I cant assure you, you are NOT ugly. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. You're also not stupid. People always assumed that I was stupid because of how I looked and acted, but as I got older I realized that my brain just works differently. Do NOT let other people bring you down. I realize that I am lucky with how my class is and a lot of people in Special Ed have had bad experiences. Try to think positive and reach out to those closest to you, or even strangers online! Sorry this is so long but I hope it helped! (P.S. You can talk to me if you want to! I have a lot of spare time. No pressure though!. It will get better.)
Pretty much the same. I was in classes where I was the highest functioning student there by a long shot; the other students in my classes in the classroom had severe intellectual disabilities and other things like that. In those classes were just a refresher for me because the classes were super easy for me.
The most funniest part, When I was in those classes, I was also in regular classes.
it's funny how people in special ed get treated poorly but the funny thing is the ones in special ed treat you poorly also. I've never experienced so much hatred in my life when we're all in the same class dealing with something...Some of us thought they were smarter than others but then again the ones that had that type of mindset were the ones that dropped out
True, I hate being in sped I need a little help, so I’m put into special Ed every year then a month later I get put into another classroom that treats me like I’m 2 and all they talk to me about is feelings and they treat me like a 2 year old. I just wanna be like everyone else they don’t understand the embarrassment. I learn nothing and then this teacher comes in and sits by me and I feel so embarrassed of myself it makes me feel like I’m an idiot this is why I have no friends ☹️
@@Em-nf9ih You don’t want to be like everyone else, you’re your own unique person and you should value that
@@IceyDivine dont try to make him feel better im in the sped class and I have a mind set that if I feel embarrass I will work 5x harder then everyone else so I can be at their level
Sped system should get shut down. My reason for this is because I have always been smart but the school keeps me in sped classes MY MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN EFFECTED SERIOUSLY DUE TO BEING PUT DOWN BY TEACHERS AND OTHER STUDENTS ITS A REP KILLER AND SHOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TROUBLE WITH SCHOOL NOT KIDS WHO SCORE THE BEST AND HAVE A 150 IQ IN TEST.
I agree with you special education TV shut down because I didn't do anything, especially those teachers they just became special ed teacher make money
I honestly think special ed should only be for those with a disability NOT FOR THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING
It's my senior year and I have been in special education for 3 years and I'm finally going to be leaving it. Fuck special education they treat u like ur a baby and u would get made fun of and called a "sped" I was only in special education cuz of my anxiety and such and would get stressed out easily from homework back in the old days. I had so much of it. Now I handle it better and I wanna leave the special education classes. I'm gonna be having an IEP meeting.
When I was in Highschool I wanted go to college I was told I could not to college I was in special education
I graduated community college.
I was told in 4th grade by my special education teacher the following " Andrea you'll never make it to your high school graduation much less seeing your college acceptance letter or making it into college " well you what Mrs.Ledesma ? JOKES ON YOU ! I graduated high school with honors top 75 percentile I made grades that the IB and College Academy students would kill for I made their GPAs look like garbage and I'm now in a top university studying special education and I will be better than you. You Mrs.Ledesma are nothing to me but a small little voice that I will never listen to.
Fuck em go to college anyway.
One of my special ed teachers was awful. Make a mistake? Get criticism.. wash my hair and she thinks its greasy from conditioner? Get pulled in the hallway and confronted about it? Not feeling good? Go home but get bothered about absences the next day. And MANY other things. I was so glad to be done with high school and move on. And I pray now that she gets help and rethinks now that she’s retired.
Yeah I dont really like this classes like every time I step into that class I feel dumb
I was in special ed from the time I was in third grade until I was in 12th it's a very segregated system I would not wish this on anybody I have hemiparesis I am a brain damage victim but that being said I tend to try to catch up with pretty much anybody in my own capacity and I don't think that segregating a bunch of students because of their inability to do something is the right thing to do
I know the feeling it’s embarrassing and other students make fun of you calling you stupid,slow and retarded it’s not your fault that you learn different.I remember being teased in 7-8th grade by the time I was in high school I had regular classes.I didn’t understand as child I had a learning disability but I was place in what they called regular classes for subjects like math,English, history it just the smaller class was my homeroom and I had a teacher that would help but it’s like torture if only people knew what it was like being depressed not wanting to go to school cause other kids would make fun of you.I feel bad for these students and I would help regular kids with their work in class yet I was the slow one the one they teases had good grades and they would ask me to help them and I use to say to myself I am the retarted one if I let you guys tell it but yet you coming to me for help part of that made me feel good to know it was nothing wrong with me.
If you attend programs such as kumon , or stlvan , then you can develop the skills and academics to transition out of there!
We need to make sure our children are in gifted programs, so that they can be challenged.
I was only in mainstream schooling but with some extra help, it made me feel useless and isolated. I can't imagine what being in that state for your education will be like
Ugh, I have Essential Skills Development (Which is a supervised study hall with assistance) which is for kids with *specific learning disability* . I don't have a learning disability. And in my IEP meaning they suggested me to be in an AP class. How odd is that?
Update: 10 months ago from as I am writing this comment, I was placed into a Social Skills classroom that I hate.
I was put in these classes , most of the time I was high on weed and they thought I was naturally in space . Fun times