Sorry, this has been a LONG, LONG week and the best I have to offer is someone else’s creative genius.
As you may know, Dr. Seuss would have celebrated his birthday this week. So in his honor I give you a Seussically inspired poem.
Do you like these IEPs?
I do not like these IEPs
I do not like them, Jeeze Louise
We test, we check
We plan, we meet
But nothing ever seems complete.
Would you, could you
Like the form?
I do not like the form I see
Not page 1, not 2, or 3
Another change
A brand new box
I think we all
Have lost our rocks.
Could you all meet here or there?
We could not all meet here or there.
We cannot all fit anywhere.
Not in a room
Not in the hall
There seems to be no space at all.
Would you, could you meet again?
I cannot meet again next week
No lunch, no prep
Please hear me speak.
No, not at dusk. No, not at dawn
at 5 pm I should be gone.
Could you hear while all speak out?
Would you write the words they spout?
I could not hear, I would not write
This does not need to be a fight.
Sign here, date there,
Mark this, check that
Beware the students ad-vo-cat(e).
You do not like them
So you say
Try again! Try again!
And you may.
If you will let me be,
I will try again
You will see.
Say!
I almost like these IEPs
I think I’ll write 6003.
And I will practice day and night
Until they say
“You’ve got it right!”
author Unknown (nope, not me!)
poem found here
CC is a Speech-Language Pathologist and mother of 2. She can be found most days at her personal blog: If Only I Had Super Powers.