IEPs as seen by Dr. Seuss

We've all been there... the never ending IEP meeting. The countless pages to sign. The draft, second draft and maybe the final copy. Even though IEP meetings are a necessary form of punishment that we as parents must endure, that doesn't mean we can't find a little smidgen of humor in them, right? As evidence I offer the following.

IEPs by Dr. Seuss

(author unknown)

Do you like these IEPs?

I do not like these IEPs

I do not like them, Geez Louise

We test, we check

We plan, we meet

But nothing ever seems complete.

Would you, could you

like the form?

I do not like the form I see

Not page 1, not 2, not 3

Another change

A brand new box

I think we all

Have lost our rocks.

Could you all meet here or there?

We could not all meet here or there.

We cannot all fit anywhere!

Not in a room.

Not in the hall.

There seems to be no space at all.

Would you, could you meet again?

I cannot meet again next week

No lunch, no prep

Please hear me speak.

No not at dusk. No, not at dawn

At 4 p.m. I should be gone.

Could you hear while all speak out?

Would you write the words they spout?

I could not hear, I would not write

This does not need to be a fight.

Sign here, date there,

Mark this, check that

Beware the student's ad-vo-cat(e).

You do not like them

So you say

Try again, try again!

And you may.

If you will let me be,

I will try again

You'll see.

Say!

I almost like these IEPs!

I think I'll write 6003.

And I will practice day and night

Until they say

"You've got it right!"