i find it funny that...

so i know its been a while since i have posted. its amazing to me how i set out with good intentions to do something but it doesnt always happen.  so life is never dull when you work with special ed kids.  school started about 3-1/2 weeks ago and i forget how there is never a dull moment when you are are working with students with disabilities.  and although there are things that you really shouldnt laugh about, however, you have to either laugh or cry and i simply choose to laugh...otherwise i might just go crazy.  so its amazing how in the course of a couple weeks there are so many things that you just cant believe it is happening especially when the students are 18-21.  it never ceases to amaze me that there is a kid in my classroom who loves to take off his shirt and parade around with his buddah belly hanging out.  and although you might think he is unaware of what he is doing he is fully aware that he should not be doing it but seeing how much he can get away with doing it.  one day he managed to not only have the shirt off but also stripped down to his diaper and paraded through the hall...or the student who decided to just hang out in the bathroom just because.  the job is full of frustration at times and excitement another.  the joys of working with this population. the little one who just simply laughs and smiles regardless of how he is feeling. or the kid that just wants your attention so bad that they follow you around repeating something over and over just because they want to be near you.  i also love it when you have been working with a kid and out of the blue you go up to them and call you by name...after being sure that they would never call you by name the day before.  it always baffles me how a non-verbal kid can communicate. although there is great frustration at times when they actually communicate their needs its such a sense of accomplishment.  or when a kid who somehow doesnt know how to write his name is so excited to just practice forming the letters.  its amazing how at times what i do seems so mundane yet at other times be so meaningful and important.  the thing i have come to learn is that no matter how difficult and challenging life may be if you simply look for the good it makes things seem so much better.