IEP's According to Dr. Seuss

Do you like these IEP’s?

I do not like these IEP’s
I do not like them, Jeeze 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 a 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 and 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 students ad-vo-cat(e).

You do not like them
So you say
Try it again! Try it again!
And then you may.

If you let me be,
I’ll try again
And you will see.

Say!

I almost like these IEP’s.
I think I’ll write 6003.
And I will practice day and night
Until they say
“You’ve got it right.”

Author Unknown (as seen in Perspectives, a publication of the LDA of MO, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, March/April, 2001)