My future in special education

This past Wednesday in TE we were discussing our placement for the year and a lot of discussion was surrounded around our CT's and their involvement in the classroom.   I was surprised to hear the lack of interest most of the teachers had with their students.  I'm not sure if they have been in the classroom for long period of time that they become immune to a situation that we thought was a big deal because we have never experienced it.  I'm sure that having your own classroom and 25-30 kids you are responsible for is a lot to take on but I hope that throughout my teaching career every situation my student's are going through whether they are big or small, I will treat with just as much attention as that student deserves. 

One of the girls in my class mentioned that throughout her schooling she was a girl that moved around a lot and was labeled as a high risk student.  Unfortunately the teachers were giving her the wrong attention.  She was was thought to be troubled so she was always questioned and patted down at her high school for drugs or weapons.  This scenario shows are schooling system is failing.  The teachers are not getting to know the students as individuals to find out their group of friends, how their home life is, what their interests are, etc.  If their teachers would have gotten to know this student they would have found out she had a stable home life with one of her family members, she was at the top of her class and had no drug problems.  She stated that she had one teacher throughout her twelve years of schooling that stood out from the rest.  This one teacher has motivated her to become a teacher herself because they impacted her life in such a positive way that she wants to do the same for her students.  I hope that whether I know it or not that I impact a student as much as this teacher did to one of my classmates.