i have been an adult in college classes, and still found myself bored, and getting up every 10-15minutes, and jsut wandering the halls, etc...
tw On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:15:36 -0000, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nah, honestly not being rude and I mean no offence ;-) (honestly) I am > offering my view and take on a subject to - its called debating, and so far > its been quite good - nothing like a good debate to get you fired for work. > > But to add, I certainly DO NOT HAVE IT. I have normal human behaviour which > I am happy with. > > I also do not buy the brain theory as you could hook me up to brain monitor > and get someone side by side who also does not have and get different brain > results for the same tasks! That is normal...... > > Peoples ability to learn is individual. An example here is that I have > tried to learn French as most of the office speak it but even in School I > was awful at it - I just forget and drift away into languages I do know such > as Italian and Russian, some people are good at languages and some people > are not : if you were the one in the class full of bi-lingual students who > were thriving you too would be disruptive but it certainly wouldn't make you > an alledged ADD sufferer. > > As yourself this : As an adult would you get up and down off your seat in a > night class cause you were bored etc...answer : NO. Why: because you know > the difference between the right and wrong way to behave in a classroom. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 January 2005 16:06 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Adult ADD > > Agreed... ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 January 2005 16:05 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Adult ADD > > neil. > > i'd stop now dude. > > if you dont have it you wouldnt know... but it almost seems to me like > you may have it as well, if you think you can relate to all the > symptoms.... > > trust me. its not a *fun* thing to have, or an excuse to be lazy, > FUCK, im not lazy, i work 80-100hrs a week, is that lazy? nope. not > one bit. > > trouble is, i cannot stay focused long enough to get one project done > before i want to start another. its all good, i cope, i move on, and > well, i stay focused through some self medication... yup, it works for > that too! > > tw > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:56:42 -0600, Deanna Schneider > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you're so far off in your definition of ADD as to be > > ridiculous. Not having ADD does not mean you're going to be focused > > 100% of the time. It's a lot like saying that people without > > depression are never sad. (But, you probably don't believe depression > > is real, either.) > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:34:29 -0000, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One other thing I did note on this was the following statement.. > > > > > > <sic> > > > "...This means that in a classroom of 25 to 30 children, it is likely > that > > > at least one will have ADHD." > > > > > > Hyperactivity aside.......I say what?! This is NORMAL!!!! Have you EVER > > > been to classroom where out of the 25-30 Children all are 100% focused? > No, > > > exactly. The way it targets children as an excuse to further and > promote > > > such nonsense is insane. I have two good friends who are doctors - one > in > > > Pediatrics and both them agree that it targeting people like this is > wrong. > > > Not all kids/adults will > > > > > > The first rule of Psychiatry is to mess with peoples minds.... > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143101 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
