Useless and unresultative work is a source of mind boggling, crazy driving, heart breaking unhappiness.
And children are only allowed to that kinds of work.
When I was a child, my only agenda was that I wanted everybody around to stop bothering me so I would do what I wanted (and I wanted to read books and tinker with my PC).
I hated school work (which according to the article grew 145 percent), I hated school, I still loathe it and I would try and support anyone who argues its questionability, like the parent article.
(Happily for me I mostly got what I wanted, but I wasn't an american kid)
Children should be doing what they want, left mostly to themselves.
And by the way, you say ADHD as if it was something bad.
My child is only one year old, but I already worry about the time he'll have to go to school all the time. I can only hope that I'll be able to make it bearable to turn it into something else. For starters I want to explore efficient learning mechanisms. Also, I see it maybe as a lesson in survival - it won't be possible to escape the "oppression" of society, so it will have to be a game to survive as unscathed as possible.
I don't think I will be able to afford alternative schools, although I will try.
If you dislike the school system you'll love reading John Taylor Gatto.
ADHD is normal in a school setting, it's one of the most boring institutions on the planet, on par with a city jail.
I met the criteria for ADHD. However, when you have to give children the same class of drugs that cause people to find credit fraud interesting you know something is wrong with the school system and not the kids.
"A meth user can stay awake for several days at a time, and is often content to perform repetitive tasks -- even having the patience to stitch together shredded documents."
And children are only allowed to that kinds of work.
When I was a child, my only agenda was that I wanted everybody around to stop bothering me so I would do what I wanted (and I wanted to read books and tinker with my PC).
I hated school work (which according to the article grew 145 percent), I hated school, I still loathe it and I would try and support anyone who argues its questionability, like the parent article.
(Happily for me I mostly got what I wanted, but I wasn't an american kid)
Children should be doing what they want, left mostly to themselves.
And by the way, you say ADHD as if it was something bad.