is hard, my heart hurts for him all the time because kids are mean. He gets picked on, teased and treated like crap by some kids. He just wants friends. 😢
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I have ADD, and for a while they thought I might have ADHD too, time management is horrible and making sure we get enough exercise as well.
Also, I seriously, seriously, seriously hated that they made me sit at the front of the class room as a kid, that was actually the worst for me, as I would hear noise behind me and I'd NEED to look, I don't the adults realized that I NEEDED to just look to see what that was... and would get in trouble for looking.
Where if I sat in the back, someone could drop a pen or something, I could quickly look and see what happened, teacher wouldn't notice that I looked and then I could quickly refocus as my curiosity of what was that, was solved as I needed to look and get that thought out of my head and focus back on the teacher.
But the system said put everyone with ADD up front, which was absolutely stupid in my mind, we all have different needs.
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@Viper Geeze talk about setting you up! The lack of knowledge and understanding in the school system is mind boggling, he’s had teachers that have definitely made things worse. I wish I could afford to just hire a tutor to teach him at home. 🤗
@SW-User Yeah, well the idea was to move them up front, so the teachers could keep their attention better and notice them easier if they were distracted, and I think that definitely works for some and I might of needed that when very young... but like somewhere between 4th and 6th grade, back was definitely better for me.
It's just that they make suggestions based on the majority, but not everyone is in the majority... maybe not even the majority of the ADD or some just don't understand etc.
