Thread: Don't get ripped off by Thai schools

Originally Posted by Mister Fixit

Originally Posted by bruceveld

Originally Posted by Mister Fixit

Yes, well, teachers on the whole are not the sharpest knives in the intellectual box and I can see that anyone who seemed out of the ordinary or seemed not to fit into a teacher-comfortable pigeon hole would be seen out of the ordinary and considered retarded or whatever.

You said teachers thought you had AD/HD - if you haven't just what DO you have?

Lol good question! I never believed I had ADD.

Then I suspect you'd be wrong.

Heck, I could read long books. give me something INTERETING and I could pay attention. Expect me to sit like some kind of caged animal quietly in a desk all day and I had problems.

Sounds right - need for constant stimulation, context sensitive ability to concentrate when the subject matter is interesting, inability to cope in a structured environment ...

Ever thought of going for a diagnosis, Fidgety Phil ...?

Wel when I was in 8th grade and still doing poorly in school I was sent to a psychologist who said, in his opinion, I never had ADD and that my test scores for intelligence were off the charts. He told my parents to get me away from the Nuns. He seemed to be right because once I left St. Lukes and went to a public high school my ADD mysteriously disappeared!

But you, having never met me, certainly are far more capable of seeing the truth.... LOL

Oh knife, sharpen thyself!