Re: Take the pledge...

On Sat, 2 May 2009 08:18:20 -0700 (PDT), "Road Glidin' Don"
<d.langkd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 1, 5:55 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 1, 12:42 pm, "Vito" <v...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Y'know, these conditions were unheard of a few decades ago when the world
was much more dangerous.

Nope. They just hadn't been clinically labeled at that time.

Were I in grade school today I'd no doubt be labeled (quite correctly)
as being ADHD, but then they just said "he's not working up to his
potential" and "he's interested in *everything*!"

Oh, look! A Chicken!..........

In any case, what *they* saw as being my potential (doing my assigned
schoolwork) and what *I* saw as my potential (getting educated) were -
and still are- two different things.

Very true. School becomes a morale-crushing experience for many
children who are bright (and know they are).

Teachers need to adapt their teaching methods to be effective with
ADHD kids, but recommending medication is easier.

My teachers and parents could never understand why I
consistently got D's in most courses ( minimum passing grade ), and
A's or A+'s in anything course I was interested in or motivated to
'make sure I passed' ( so as to graduate a year early and get the hell
out ), and yet I never seemed to do any work on ANY of them.

Simple matter of motivation. And my parents never did quite
figure out that whippings and beatings weren't getting it done.


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