ESL teacher with Adult ADD (and parent of an ADD child): resources; experiences; concerns; and thoughts.

NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!  ADHD/ADD is not an excuse!  Do not EVER use it or let your loved ones use it as an excuse.  “I can’t because I’m ADD.” is NOT ACCEPTIBLE!
ADDADHD people are not dumb.  In fact, most are above average in intelligence.  That is how so many of us survived ‘under the radar’ for so many [...]

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Things are changing so fast. If you look back to when we were kids (40ish people) and look at the world now, you wouldn’t recognize it.
• Remote controls were very new and clunky with about 3-4 buttons and a big box on top of the TV. (My grandfather was the only one I knew who [...]

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I got more accomplished this weekend than I have been able to accomplish in a summer vacation. I was able to focus and therefore organize, not letting the minutia get to me as it usually does.  Medication really helps.  I have only been on it 4 days now but I don’t think I have changed [...]

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I just wanted to make a statement about me and my purposes here.
There are so many students out there that will not be diagnosed with ADD and will go through life, as I did, being called stupid, lazy, incompetent etc. sometimes by well meaninged people. Whose self-esteem will be pounded into the ground and will [...]

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