Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
>> I saw a TV program about ADD/ADHD. The schoolkids
>> [from a school in Colorado, IIRC] were diagnosed
>> with ADD after they failed to concentrate on a
>> reading of The Great Gatsby, but this was easily cured
>> when all kids took Ritalin.
>
> I don't know if this is a joke or not (please note
> the lack of "serious" tags)
>
<serious>
I really saw this on TV
</serious>
> but it made me laugh until I cried. In fact I'm
> laughing uncontrollably as I type this. That
> anyone would be considered to have a learning
> disability because they couldn't read The Great
> Gatsby (which bored the snot out of me when I was
> required to read it in high school) strikes me as
> extremely funny.
>
The adverse effects of Ritalin were: (1) the kids became
very serious (2) one of them started having hallucinations
of an insect-woman (3) the kids were enjoying Phil Collins
The school chef was the hero of the story, because
he noticed the adverse effects and managed to have
the kids take antidotes
[[ok - time for spoiler: What TV series was this?]]
Alberto Monteiro
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