ADHD and some autistic behaviors are actually normal reactions to tyranny. The school needs to identify these folks and medicate them so they won’t rebel against the state in the future.
My 2nd son was diagnosed with ADHD early on, and refused meds. He would put tests in his desk rather than turning them in. He got poor grades.
Even now (he’s a Computer Science major in college) he doesn’t know that Thurs comes after Tues or that June comes after May (”executive functioning issues”), but he’s a ranked chess player and fabulous coder and self-taught great ragtime piano player. It’s about pattern recognition. He’s “neurodivergent,” as they say.
I’m moving him out of his dorm tomorrow for the summer and I can’t wait to see him! ADHD is frustrating for him and others; it’s too bad he refused meds as they would have helped him I think but at this point he’s an adult and can make his own decisions. . .
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there is no ADHD, there are only boys being boys, getting fidgety at the schools that were adjusted to make it easier for girls.
This began to escalate back in the 1990s. As I recall, schools got extra funding for each diagnosis.
Does that sound familiar in the Age of Plandemic ($13,000/diagnosis; $39,000/intubation)?
Of course they are. They get more gubmint $$ for every indoctrinee diagnosed.
Public Schools are the 10th plank in Marx’s communist manifesto. “Why” is no longer taught.
Recently we interviewed a female student from the local high school regarding her grant submission. She told us she had been diagnosed with a learning disability. She also stated ‘well, everyone has a learning disability’. Her disability: she did not like to learn in a crowded environment.
This country is in real trouble.
They’ve been doing that for decades.
Your kid has ADHD/ADD….put them on meds
Want kids to listen more, fidget less? Try more recess... this school did
https://www.today.com/today/amp/tdna65536
Four times a day, the doors of Eagle Mountain Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas, fling open to let bouncy, bubbly, excited kindergarteners and first-graders pounce onto the playground.
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Five months into the experiment, McBride’s fears had been alleviated. Her students are less fidgety and more focused, she said. They listen more attentively, follow directions and try to solve problems on their own instead of coming to the teacher to fix everything. There are fewer discipline issues.
Yep. When my brother enrolled my nephew in junior high at his new school the only thing they were concerned with was 1) was he low income and 2) was he special ed. When my brother said no to both, they more or less pressured him on the low income, telling him he didn’t have to provide any documentation, just say he was. He told them he can pay for his own kid’s lunches and informed them if anything, he’d be looking as Honor’s courses. And that was the end of that.
Putting your children on narcotics is a bad idea
Another Reason to Homeschool
Could they be sued for ‘practicing medicine without a license’ ???
Very enlightening. Brought back a few memories. I remember a bit kindergarten, we learned some French, the alphabet, counting by 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10. With stars on the chart when you successfully completed a particular counting group. I found 3’s a bit of a challenge.
I think we were done by noon with a nap on our own little throw rug. And mommy came by around 1 to take me home and hear all about my day. Ah... the 50s.
An excellent article.
I wish I could re-discover the source, but I read several years ago that given the same set of data, educators were 22 times more likely to recommend a student be medicated than a clinical professional was. And educators were 7 times more likely to recommend medication for boys than for girls.
Bkmk.