If ADHD is a real thing, and if what I read is true, then how can there be 19 American kids diagnosed with it per each one French kid? Nineteen times more American kids have it ? Seems pretty unlikely.
We've convinced ourselves that when an outlier child doesn't respond to rewards & punishments intended to coerce them into tolerating an environment that doesn't meet their needs, it's reasonable to treat this as a *medical problem* on the part of the child. This is bonkershttps://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1068206087432806400 …
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There's "chronic inability to focus one's attention," which is presumably a feature of some minds, and then there's "chronic inability to sit still and gaze at a lecturer," which is a feature of *many* children's minds. Punishment usually suffices, but medication fills the gap.
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ADHD is a real issue and it manifests outside of classroom as often as not. I am sure you mean well but this is equivalent to suggesting lighten up to someone with depression
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This isn't "lighten up," it's "don't give psychoactive medications to very young kids to make them more manageable." As someone who's been diagnosed with and, in the past, medicated for ADHD: I'm sure you meant well, but you're missing the mark in a big way.
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It gets the straussian take that school is not about education but containing children so their parents can work, and educating them on the side if they can :-/
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There are factors making it worse, too. It’s not uncommon for children suffering from PTSD or abuse to be diagnosed with ADHD and medicated. And teachers commonly believe that it’s important that children practice adult skills like «sitting still» and «doing boring work».
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The schools some of our least fortunate children attend are essentially prisons in form and function - few windows, little natural light... just a monoculture of children interspersed w/ authority figures. Not thriving in such an environment is a sign of normal human psychology.
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I was sent to a physiological evolution at age 9 exactly because of this reason. Fortunately, they said ”the kid is fine, send the teacher next”
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But it is also parents qualifying for aid by getting their child diagnosed with a simple and pervasive, dare I say convenient, malady.
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@AustenAllred so interesting you retweeted this, months ago I messaged Kevin that I was writing a book on children who are different.. more on it is how schools will single out a student as a problem.. -
..when usually the issue is the capacity of the school to accommodate students who could change the world.
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