creativity and patient understanding by educators,
parents and students, coupled with substantive research
will these challenges be adequately addressed.
(Castellanos, et al)
Could it be that the ADD/ADHD afflicted individual is
simply a person that has great strengths along with great
weaknesses? Is it possible for an ADHD sufferer to overcome
their learning difficulties or develop work-a -rounds? In my
personal experience, I considered myself cured the instant I
realized I was sitting in a college class I was paying for out of
pocket. My best friend in high school graduated Valedictorian
(to my utter surprise and disbelief), while I squandered my
time in high school, just scraping by. I wasn’t lacking in
intelligence-in my college prep advanced biology class, I was
one of two people to get an “A” on the final. And I didn’t study.
The problem was that school was boring and I didn’t
engage. However, I was both challenged and interested in
college, and paying for it with money I had earned working
construction. (My Mom: “You had better get good grades or
you will grow up to be a ditch digger” -she was right, and I was
for a while). I sat in front of the class and forced myself to pay