Again I am very skeptical of the "epidemics" of ADD. In a lot of cases I believe that bad teachers who don't want to be bothered prefer to say that the child has ADD instead of dealing with him (in the majority of cases, it is a him as boys are more boisterous). I had some experience of this, as my son was told he had ADD by one teacher and the psychologist told that the teacher should be examined. He finished school on the Dean's list and had an SAT of 1600... :-)
I would be the first one to acknowledge that this is a failing of schools... And I would work to remedy this...
But do you say that in the majority of cases the children have ADD? I don't think so...
ADD IS A SCAM!
Seeing that you are silent on the two logic error's you made I assume you admit your error and wish to change the subject? True ? Seeing that you admit your error, please provide some fact to back up your posistion.
LOL, yeah, right.
My college daughter has ADD. She graduated HS with honors and recieved substantial scholarships. After getting settled this year as a freshman, she decided she would attempt college without medication.
At first she thought she was having a great day. Her friends however, thought she was acting too silly, she missed writing down a homework assignment and wasn't able to complete a pop quiz on a subject she knows very well. Her experiment lasted one day. When she was diagnosed in second grade, she was considered to be 2 standard deviations above the mean yet her teacher thought she was not ADD. The teacher placed her entire observation on behavior which of course is only part of ADD. Within 4weeks of going on medication she went from being in a remedial reading course to being the top of her class. So, based on our experience ADD is real. I do however agree that it is often misdiagnosed for other things.