QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Mar 1 2013, 02:12 PM)
It's hard to pay attention to an hour lecture when you have ADHD, lol. And I get in trouble for not paying attention because the teachers don't seem to know what that is.
You are right, it is very hard till you learn to control it. The teachers here just want to drug the students that are hyperactive so they'll sit still. I refused to dope up either of my sons to make for a more comfortable classroom.
My older son went through school when none of the teachers knew about ADHD, he was expelled from every school he attended, I had to drive him daily to neighboring counties to get him educated. The last school that expelled him was the last county district I could reach daily to bring him to. There was no hope for him unless I could get him graduated, so I forced the school system to test him. He tested in the Junior college level (in what should have been 8th grade). The reason is that un-doped ADHD children learn faster than others, but get bored quicker too because their mind has already absorbed the info and wants to move on. The teachers are droning on and on long after the ADHD brain has grasped the concept and is ready to go on to the next subject.
I ended up having my son go for his GED so he would have a high school graduation at least, because there was no way he would have made it through school otherwise. At the young age he was, I had to sign emancipation permission for him to go to work. He did, and by the time he was 18 years old he was making 38,000 per year to file taxes on.
Later, when he learned to control his ADHD - he went back to college and was a straight A student till he joined the Army. He is still taking his college classes when he is not deployed.
My youngest son is ADHD too. With him I was prepared in advance for the battle after what I went through with his brother. Again I had to fight the schools wanting to dope him up. This time I hit the school boards and insisted on them providing a program for ADHD children using the "No child left behind" law.
It was a fight, but the school finally created a program to be tried on a trial basis. There were only fifteen children in these classes (instead of the usual 30) - and the teachers taught an accelerated learning program. My youngest son instantly went from failing to an A student. The school created an "Honors program" for these students the next year - 2-3 times the learning in the same semester as the other children, smaller classroom sizes and the ADHD kids all showed improved grades.
They don't have to teach you less, they need to teach 10X more and at a faster pace to keep you from that boredom. They need to have a smaller number of children in the classroom to cut back on the distractions for the ADHD kids, and so the teacher doesn't go nuts having 30 ADHD kids to control.
Then you have the responsibility of treating your ADHD to minimize its effects on you. It is like diabetes, you need to be rigid about not eating/drinking things that trigger it to a frenzy.
Red food dye is a huge trigger, read labels and don't eat anything with it. Ketchup, sugar, candy, carbonated soda drinks - you have to cut back on these during the school week so you can concentrate better.
You also have to do homework differently than others, because you are so distractable. Put ear plugs in and no TV/radio while you are doing homework, and about every 20-30 minutes take a break and stretch, run around for 5-10 minutes. Come back fresh and tackle it again. At least break between the next subject's homework.
Both my sons were wilder than Cooter Brown, both became A students.
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