ADHD: Classroom Discipline When I Was a Kid

ADHD: Classroom Discipline When I Was a Kid

This cartoon sparked a memory. I was an ADHD kid back in the day when ADHD was not known or understood. Back then Little Jonny was "lazy, distracted, distracting, creative, a class clown, and smart." This combination usually led to the need for Little Jonny to be frequently disciplined. We didn't have IEPs back then to accommodate for different "learning styles." I remember the following discipline methods I received on a regular b

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Free Thinking Comes From Disciplined Thinking... and Vice-Versa

Free Thinking Comes From Disciplined Thinking... and Vice-Versa

A friend posted this quote from Ray Bradbury, "You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and they don't. They have prejudices." She then asked, "True or false?" I replied as follows:

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