I would have been "labled" as (mild) ADD with some ADHD.
Some teachers didn't know what to do with me, others were great with me.
Every single teacher said I showed great promise, but had difficulty applying myself.
For things I take interest in, I can get focused, where hours pass like minutes. On other stuff, my mind is blasting in 3-4 different directions within minutes.
Most of my placement test scores showed high, but classroom work was less than.
In '92, I took a psych eval, to get admission to work in a nuke plant. (everybody takes one)
Through the test, they required me to take another test.
An IQ test.
Seems I scored 126 on their test. Which they described as "highly gifted".
Explains all the teachers saying I had potential, just didn't use it.
I'm glad that the ADD/ADHD label hadn't come out when I was younger. For some, it's an excuse not to do well. For others, an extra weight to overcome.
Me...
I'm happy knowing I was and still am just a problem child :)
A big part of ADHD is teachers teaching crap in slow motion. Thake a kid with an average or better IQ and try to teach them socialist sesame street for 8 hours a day and the only way to keep their attention would be to drug them.
You sound pretty normal to me.
Dudes just say it okay? Kids like you and me in school were were called “incorrigible”. That is until some teacher who was brilliant got through to us and made a difference. That changed our lives forever.