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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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.
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.
