Neil And what if knowing the diffrence between the right and the wrong way to act in a classroom made no difference and you really really could not sit still? you may mean no offense but the opinios you are spouting here are incredibly damaging, the more so when they come from teachers
He could write better than that if he would just try He's so bright but he never finishes his work, must be lazy He won't sit still, he must be defying me Why won't he listen, is he stupid or something? and ad nauseum every day of your life. Think about it and you will understand why some people are getting angry. You may not mean to be offensive but you are managing it very well :) Dana 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----- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143102 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
