I have been challenged so many times in so many ways that no one would have understood if they hadn't been in my shoes. I never had anyone tell me this directly, but before I was moved into the CTT environment I heard another student say that "special education students are stupid and the only thing they do all day is just watch movies ". I didn't get angry at all, but someone else would have. But besides the negative opinions of others, I knew that there are many positive benefits of being in the special TRAINING PROGRAM. Get extra services that a general education student likes, such as getting extra time on exams or projects, getting one-on-one help, having an IEP, etc. From my perspective I believe that whether you are in special education or General Education: we are all learning the same material regardless of the type of instruction we receive. My goal is to become a special education teacher because I was a special education student myself and I would relate very well to my future students. If children saw me, listened to my student and what I went through, chances are they would motivate themselves to do exceptional good to become something good. I would certainly make it clear to them not to let others say or do anything to make them feel a certain way. My main goal is to teach in a CTT course and in a small environment because I want to show it to children