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To: sc2_ct
Exactly.

If I have money in my wallet and in the bank, I do not have a cash deficit.

If I can pay attention at will, I do not have an attention deficit.
188 posted on 08/27/2004 1:00:55 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Gimme a dollar.)
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To: Xenalyte

That's always been sort of the way I looked at it. I think that the "disorder" called ADD isn't so much a disorder as a different way and pattern of learning that is just as natural as the so-called "traditional" manner. All through history there have been people who had trouble paying attention in class, and it wasn't until (conveniently) there was a drug available to take care of this trait to make things easier on teachers. In almost every case of ADD I know of, the tests/diagnosis was initiated by a "teacher".

When you look at the curve of learning methods and behavior, you'll find that a huge percentage of the population have this trait. I am sure that there is a nearly equal distribution of people on the other side of "normal" that have intense concentration and focus (i.e. the opposite counterpart of ADD). In addition, if ADD were a disorder, why would people with this "disorder" also by typically accompanied by above normal IQ scores?


208 posted on 08/27/2004 1:14:06 PM PDT by sc2_ct (This is the way the world ends... not with a bang but a whimper)
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