tablecloth74 :
As a current college professor who graduated summa cum laude while earning my BFA and am currently in school to earn my master's degree, who had an IEP, it gets better.
I know going through elementary, middle, and high school having an IEP and the stigma around it made me feel stupid and like it wasn't worth "trying" anymore. the more I tried, the more it felt like I was pretending... and the more I failed, the more I felt like I was where I belonged.... the system is broken. I am so sorry it's broken and that you're in a broken system that makes you feel this way. but just know, the system may be broken but YOU ARE NOT!!! when you get to college, you decide if you sign up for support services (although, I do recommend it because it usually gets you priority registration) and you decide if you use it, what classes to use it for and even if you do use it, not a single person/student/faculty judges you. I always give my students with DSS extra help if they ask for it and I always admire them for asking for the extra help.
I may not know your exact situation, but I know most IEP teachers make it seem like it does matter to do well in school because you'll complete it with a certificate of completion instead of a diploma. don't let that get in your head! and don't forget just because you have an IEP, doesn't mean you're any less smart than anybody around you. it just means you need a little bit of extra time to understand what they do. and again, I can't stress this enough, it gets so much better after you graduate high school. you put yourself back in the driver seat in college
2026-10-08 04:43:05