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To: neverdem

This is just the first stage of ADD - identifying the victims. Stage two is naming the cause/oppressor - oh, I don't know, how about "modern society" created by white males. Stage three is litigating & legislating benefits (money) for the oppressed. Stage four is enacting societal changes to accomodate the victims - like requiring tv shows to have plot lines no longer than 3 minutes.


12 posted on 07/18/2004 4:07:04 AM PDT by searchandrecovery (Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
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To: searchandrecovery

Oh yeah, almost forgot, need a victim advocacy group - how about MAADD (Mothers Against ADD)?


13 posted on 07/18/2004 4:09:00 AM PDT by searchandrecovery (Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
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To: searchandrecovery
This is just the first stage of ADD - identifying the victims. Stage two is naming the cause/oppressor

Organized people oppress disorganized people, accurate people oppress people who fail to meet the required standards of accuracy, people who can spell oppress people who cannot spell... finally we have a cause that both the doctors and the trial lawyers can exploit.

I don't know where lack of skills ends and "disability" begins. Different people naturally have different strengths and weaknesses. If you are good in some areas you should capitalize on those things as much as possible while trying to improve areas you are not good at. I do not think it is good if you cannot spell and you distribute a memo saying, "I have a spelling disorder. I require that you accommodate my disorder by re-writing all of my work."

I have a co-worker who has turned down promotions to management because he wants to do highly technical work and not have to deal with a lot of "people problems." There is another person on the fast-track to management because he is both good with technical things and he also likes the social aspect of meeting people, etc. I am happiest when working on something technical, especially solving some complicated problem. I am much happier writing memos than I am having to meet with people

I get annoyed by people I think are too chatty, and the chatty people think I am too abrupt. The truth is they tend to be too chatty and I tend to be too abrupt. They do not have the "Chatty Disorder" and I do not have the "Abrupt Disorder." They could practice being more on-topic and timely and I could practice being more at ease with people. Actually, I have gotten better with conducting meetings and public speaking, but I know I would never do well with customer service or sales. In an area I am weak at, I know that I have to work harder and get beyond my comfort level -- I don't expect the world to accommodate me because I am not the best public speaker in the world. That means I might have to work harder than someone else whenever I have to prepare myself to lead a meeting. That is not unfair -- that is just the way it is. I think laziness is behind some of the problems people have, while I do not deny that some people have legitimate problems.

19 posted on 07/18/2004 6:01:04 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (Lurking since 1997!)
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