The life of a Special education major

Let's be honest. School stresses me out. Especially this time of year when having 15 minutes to sit down and eat twice a day isn't always an option. (I know, I know... my most important meal of the day is skipped-it's just too early!). 
I'm a Special education major with endorsements in emotional impairments & learning disabilities and I'm studying for minors in language arts and early childhood education.  My student life is crazy busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Being in the Special education program at WMU has changed my life and, I believe, it will be the perfect springboard into my career. I've met some really awesome people, who will become life-long friends (cheesy right?-but so true). My co-hort is wonderful and it's amazing how close you can feel to 50 other students; we spend way too much time together. We also have been blessed with some genius professors who share the same passion as us and are in the process of preparing us for the real world of Special education. 
I say I'm ready to be done with school and I have a countdown to the days until summer starts (22 from today) but I do love the life of a Special education major. I am not sugar coating and saying it's a nice walk in the park. We have our fair share of downs; writing a whole unit plan and finding out it's wrong, failing a test, stressful last minute presentation preparations and cramming sessions, writing a flawless lesson plan and having it flop in front of classroom (and of course on an observation day). In Special education, the good needs to outweigh the bad or every day would be miserable. In Special education we learn to focus on the small battles. And I can win a lot of small battles in my day even if the day is a total bust.