Posted on 08/19/2010 3:38:18 AM PDT by tlb
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Sweet! Now we can spank our children again!
Follow the money. Schools get big bucks for each “disabled” child enrolled.
It’s in the hundreds of dollars.
The are not “misdiagnosed”, they are falsely labeled and it’s all for disability. I know 2 families right now that are collecting based on this scam.
There is no doubt in my mind that the majority of the kids diagnosed with ADHD are nothing more that normal rambunctious youngsters that need nothing more than a swat on the pants or a hug at the right time to keep them in line.
Very very seldom is there any need for medication, certainly not the way they are dumping drugs down kids throats these days.
I am certain I would have been pumped full of Ritalin. No doubt. My parents just didn’t know what to do with me sometimes.
only 1 mil?
The way they slap the diagnosis on every other kid (especially to neuter boys for doing actual boy-like things) I’d have figured it to be higher.
Before ADHD, the nuns correctly diagnosed me as “incorrigible”.
I have taught for 6 years granted, I am not a doctor but out of the 50 to 60 kids I have had that were on ADHD meds, only 2 during those six years in my opinion needed them. I NEVER tell parents to put their kids on meds. I tell them to whoop their kids behinds when they don’t behave. You should see the shocked faces I get when I tell parents that.
All because the teachers ‘can’t cope.’
There is another sinister reason for all this labelling and classifying.
In many cases the classification brings social security benefits to the families. The schools convince the parents more easily by helping them gain dollars from the government.
And they kids get a “crazy” check each month. It’s a win-win situation for the parents and school system. And another needless burden on the backs of the taxpayers.
The more skilled parents don’t need either of those solutions: the success of behavior modification therapies demonstrates this. But there aren’t that many more skilled parents.
ADHD is what I call BCS—Bad Child Syndrome. You can either take the time to raise them properly and give them discipline or you can get them diagnosed by a “professional” and get some pills.
I know what you mean. Thankfully, I grew up before our schools were hit with the scourges of ADHD and Ritilin. Many of my schools used the “Board of Education” to deal with problems such as falling asleep in class, forgetting to get parent’s signature on test papers, having a bad attitude (not saying “yes ma’am/no ma’am”).
Amazingly, even without the NEA, “school resource officers” or Ritilin, we actually learned to read, write and do arithmetic!
I have a confession to make. I stole your tag line and emailed it to my entire list. (Operating on the premise that it’s easier to get forgiveness than permission.)
Thank You
Yeah, and the gremlins sneak into the scary machines at night so they can paint the brain scans differently.
Sure.
OMG, my middle son transfered to a new school this year. You would not believe the amount of paperwork I had to fill out regarding our personal information, and forms practically begging us to get money from the government! Language survey’s, living arrangement surveys, nothing having to do with school, just social issues. I was pissed!!!
I HATE public school. It is not school anymore, it is a social experiment. My oldest is 19 and my youngest is 13, the difference is astounding.
And as for boys with ADHD, that is BS too! They make them behave like robots, no talking EVER, recess and PE are a joke, I don’t even think they sweat cause someone may get hurt. The administration invites these behavior issues themselves.
I'm sorry but you are incredibly misinformed on this issue.
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