Special Learner

This is something that I like to share with my staff every year. People ask me why I do what I do… This is why… for these kids. Credit goes to Melissa Forney. I don’t remember where I found it. 

Special Learner

I didn’t choose to be this way;
I wanted to be “smart”.
To gain your praise, my friends amaze
With gold stars on the chart.
You’ll never how how very much
I wanted to be “fast”
To turn in work with time to spare,
Instead, it’s me who’s last.
I don’t know why I ask you things
Then ask you to repeat it,
I don’t know why I try to
finish work and can’t complete it.
I don’t know why for me its hard
To grasp the things you teach,
It seems I almost get it,
Then it slips beyond my reach.
My hearts desire is to inspire,
Succeed, achieve, and flourish.
But I’m a kid in desperate need
Of teachers who will nourish
All my expectations, all my hopes so wild,
For underneath the labels.
See I’m just another child

Melissa Forney