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I just need to blow off a little steam here.

I’m an intense nature enthusiast and I bought my own paddle board this summer after wanting one for years. I have been on the water for hours each weekend having an amazing time. I even got my friend addicted to it too!

Where I’ve been getting a bit frustrated is that I live in an area with tons of lakes. Yet finding a lake that has motor restrictions is incredibly difficult, and nearly every lake is lined with the homes of wealthy people. There are two spots close-ish that do have motor restrictions, but only one of them isn’t lined with docks and houses.

This is probably a bit “woe is me,” but most of the hundreds of lakes around are unsafe for me to paddle in because of the sheer number of motor boats and jet skis. Beyond that, people will drive these boats drunk sometimes and many are completely inconsiderate of small watercrafts. The noise and traffic irritates me. I don’t understand why 95% of lakes must be for motor boats and rich people’s homes. When I’m on the water, I’m looking for exploration, submersion in nature, and quiet. I just want to enjoy nature in peace!

Okay, rant over. Thank you.

I’m a first year self contained EBD (emotional behavioral disorder) teacher going back to school to get my Masters of Teaching in the fall. Because I’ve only ever worked self contained I feel like I don’t understand other settings. Another reason why I don’t know any of this stuff it’s because I actually have an English degree and started as a para but was moved to teacher due to high need (so this is the only experience I have working in ANY school).

I don’t understand how push in/pull out work in terms of lesson planning. If you’re pulling a kid out for math, let’s say, do you usually do a complete lesson plan and teach them their own math curriculum, or is it more like you’re taking materials from the gen ed math teacher and helping the SpEd student understand it at their own pace? Do you ever do 1 on 1 with students or do you get groups of students coming in all the time?

Also what does push in even look like? Do you go into a classroom with a student?

I’m wondering all this because I have to do a residency as part of my grad program and am trying to gauge how the workload will be different than my current setting.