
I get to teach the super heroes
You know the ones with the big letters on their chests
The ones the universe says are unlovable, unteachable and can’t be reached
I get to teach the super heroes
They say SPECIAL EDUCATION
And they are just that…SPECIAL
The most amazing, the funniest, bright-eyed
Amazingly creative minded children
Yes I get to teach the super heroes
Don’t you understand that sometimes
We get in our feelings and think we’re do something
Really big by teaching, yet it’s them that do the big stuff by teaching us
There’s a lot of big people that are really ignorant
To what special education looks like… it’s like a rainbow at midnight
Brave brains that consistently go in directions
Not always able to be interpreted by psychologists and theorists
They don’t always grow, speak and learn in traditional patterns
Yet you know what? That’s what makes them amazing!
They have no filter and they sometimes tell me
When my eye shadow doesn’t match my clothes
Or when I have not so stylish shoes on
And “Ms. Ngeve did you mean to wear that shirt with those pants?”
Sometimes they shout colorful language and have tantrums
And I love them and hug them through it… I support them through each crisis
Because, though they are having an extremely challenging time,
They let me be there for them and like a record, it plays in my mind
…I am the lucky one b/c I get to see them before & after they shine