tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10836315.post677883764542092169..comments2023-09-21T06:41:02.986-04:00Comments on Swamp Fox Insights: The Gift Of ADHDRileyWarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404943850095368615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10836315.post-7576460503185573552007-09-05T16:13:00.000-04:002007-09-05T16:13:00.000-04:00I also agree. I feel that my son with ADHD is ofte...I also agree. I feel that my son with ADHD is often failed in the present school system. It's a sad travesty that this occurs.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819838818540100015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10836315.post-67690416647142215532007-09-03T12:47:00.000-04:002007-09-03T12:47:00.000-04:00I can agree with this both as a parent and as a pe...I can agree with this both as a parent and as a person with ADHD. The schools have failed us here. I was so bored I became a trouble maker and dropped out. I went into the USMC where I learned discipline. Later the Army (long story) taught me electronics. I taught myself computers and nailed a job in that industry as it was starting. I got lucky.<BR/><BR/>For most young adults today the doors are closed if they fail to go on and get a degree. Those belonging to the middle of the bell curve will not allow those who are above them in the curve to succeed without it. That is a sad fact of human nature. <BR/><BR/>The challenge then is getting around the incumbent Teachers unions and their mediocrity and attitude of tossing money at the problem as a resolution. Innovative educators have proven results are not dependant on dollars. <BR/><BR/>We have seen how difficult it is to change the system to something like the Belgian system where the money flows with the student and the parents can spent it where they please. Too many view it as a prelude to formalizing the subsidy of religious studies. Yet if a large majority of the local population wishes to send their children to a school that meets the academic standards yet is religious in nature, why not? There will still be some who wish to send theirs to a more secular institution. It should be our choice. It is us and our children who are suffering from this failure. <BR/><BR/>So where does the answer lie?Walking on the Wildsideahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404713168360730901noreply@blogger.com