Neurodivergents tend to perform worse in school, because they can’t get proper accomodations.
My mother was instrumental in me getting through k-12 school with a solid education. I have ADHD, as well as some sort of issues around writing that have been hard to pin down. Otherwise, I was always easily in the top 10% intellectually. My parents are both teachers, so they knew which levers to pull to get the help I needed.
I’m in a similar situation; except I’m currently beginning to lose my momentum in senior year of online school.
I got carried through School with early intervention, ADHD meds, good people, and IEPs (that I didn’t use because of fear).
I weased off my ADHD meds in 9th grade. Bad idea! I started to feel tired constantly.
I learnt early that I had ADHD; but I didn’t understand what ADHD was, until I researched it up last year.
Even with the support I got; I felt that School wasted my time.
I wanted to learn complex math and engineering power tools as a child. All I got to play with was Glue, Tape, and kid-friendly material. I ended up losing interest in engineering stuff anyway; but I imagine that I could have kept my interest for longer if school wasn’t so slow.
I’m uncertain if I can survive work in a country with good worker support. (I fear work in the U.S; I’ve heard a lot of stories of worker mistreatment in the U.S.)
My mother was instrumental in me getting through k-12 school with a solid education. I have ADHD, as well as some sort of issues around writing that have been hard to pin down. Otherwise, I was always easily in the top 10% intellectually. My parents are both teachers, so they knew which levers to pull to get the help I needed.
I’m in a similar situation; except I’m currently beginning to lose my momentum in senior year of online school.
I got carried through School with early intervention, ADHD meds, good people, and IEPs (that I didn’t use because of fear).
I weased off my ADHD meds in 9th grade. Bad idea! I started to feel tired constantly.
I learnt early that I had ADHD; but I didn’t understand what ADHD was, until I researched it up last year.
Even with the support I got; I felt that School wasted my time.
I wanted to learn complex math and engineering power tools as a child. All I got to play with was Glue, Tape, and kid-friendly material. I ended up losing interest in engineering stuff anyway; but I imagine that I could have kept my interest for longer if school wasn’t so slow.
I’m uncertain if I can survive work in a country with good worker support. (I fear work in the U.S; I’ve heard a lot of stories of worker mistreatment in the U.S.)