Why Choose A Career in Special Education?

Basically I want to reach children on a very personal level. I want to be able to be part of that overcoming their struggles and difficulties.

I am always filling my bag of tricks. I am always coming up with new things and new ways to present material and ideas and lessons to these students.

I pull off the glasses and I see people and students individually instead of kids I am teaching this class today. I teach them one on one.

I see myself more as a guide and a coach, you know a guide to show students here is what is possible. And then a coach, my father is a coach and maybe that is where I get that from, of standing on the sidelines saying, “You can do it! You can do it! Keep going!”

You want to change the world. People that want to change the world and want to make a difference are people that either go into teaching but if you really want to make a difference you go into Special Education.

I definitely believe that, because there is such an over representation of males in Special Education that male teachers, male instructors can be very beneficial.

That was probably a major factor, I mean, given back. When I was in the community helped me a lot. If there was anything I could have done to give back to the community everyday. That is why I chose Special Education.

Why Special Education?

Well my first reaction would be why not. It’s demanding, it’s creative, it’s challenging.

Every morning I wake up it feels good to know you are going to go help someone out. You know it is not all about you it’s about someone or helping others.

Being able to reach children one on one really seeing growth when they come in and you’re helping them.

Enabling people, enabling children to be anything and everything they want to be is.. it’s huge.