Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[infernalis]

I get your point, I just guess that the thirst for knowledge runs stronger in some people more than others.

That's what separates creators from consumers...

Some people buy the firecracker, others build m-80's.....

[ConcinusMan]

Since we are using analogies...

If I simply want to make a sound that goes "pop" and that is all I need, I don't wish to blow my fingers off in the process. A simple firecracker will do.

While you are busy making M-80's in the middle of the highway, I have passed you on the shoulder and I am already headed down the road on which I choose to travel.

[kibakiba]

While I know what you mean and I understand where your coming from... I don't believe that you can teach anyone anything useful if you shove things down their throat for them to learn. I'm the kind of person who learns on my own time. I'd rather study something I'm interested in. I have to take pacific northwest history in order to graduate... I don't need that for what I'm interested in, it's not useful to me. Too bad my school will only teach "American" history. I'd rather learn he history of somewhere else, I know American history. I've had to take it 3 times in elementary and middle school. I'd like to learn about... I dunno, England, or Japan. It'd interest me more, and I'd learn about it. In my history class I'm just going to take note, do the assignments, not retain any knowledge and burn the notes when schools over. Then it was pointless to take it, because nothing was taken away from the class. You know what I mean? Science, to me, is very interesting. So in that class I am more likely to learn something and being inspired by it than I would reading Shakespeare.

I have my mind set on a few different careers, and I'd love to take classes that help me to excel in that, but all I get is a bunch of bullcrap that isn't going to help me. History sure ain't going to make any difference. Neither is English and all the literature crap. Reading Shakespeare isn't going to get me more jobs in my chosen area. And "reading big book with small print" is definitely not going to happen with me! AD/HD kind of prevents me from even reading the textbooks in school. The most I can do is skim through and get little bits of information. Everyone's different, right?

I just woke up to an angry macaw squawking its freaking brains out so I'm a tired, unhappy camper at the moment. It's 8 am. I went to bed at 4 am. Ugh.

That's reading comprehension. The point is to teach people to better understand the things they read. Quite useful for those, who'll need to read big books with small print and few pictures later in their lives. Being able to do that, is sort of a requirement at higher levels within most fields and if you're good at it, you'll have access to better jobs.

If you can't see the benefits of knowing Shakespeare, surely you understand the benefits of understanding Shakespeare?

[ConcinusMan]

One of the most fascinating things about history to me is not so much the so-called "facts" about what happened in the past, but the different versions of what happened, depending on the point of view of the people who recorded that history. In other words, in the history books of another country or culture, you'll find pretty much the same events but interpreted way differently. You really can't take what they teach you in an American school history class as fact. You must read the history as written by various other cultures. American history books tend to smooth over or justify and glorify some of the more harsh realities that make America look bad.

So yeah, while knowing US history is important for Americans, it is also good to learn history of other cultures involved with the U.S. as written in their history books.

[mustang]

I've been waiting all my life for meds to help me. All my life I've had ad/hd, and while I enjoy having it for some reasons.. I'm 22 and I haven't graduated high school because I have a hard time learning, understanding and focusing on homework. After I graduate I don't want to take them anymore. Psycho-stimulants are really creepy at times. I do read the info that comes with them but my psychiatrist is trying me on newer meds that haven't been out for too long. Only long enough to have a generic (insurance reasons) and none of the side effects are what I get. I get everything that's not on the papers. Lol. I have 2 years left... If I pass with every single class above a D. It's proven to be a challenge for me. I've been in the same math class for 3 years.

i got adhd and im takn advance classes in high school you need to switch meds constantly to prevent your body to gettn used to it.

[kibakiba]

I haven't found anything that works for me yet, and I don't want to keep switching. The thing about psycho-stimulants is, they're addicting. I've gone through withdrawals because of them. It's not good to switch when you go through that. Once I find a fit I'm taking it regularly. To lower my tolerance to them, I'd stop taking them for a week. That's better to do, I don't need to take 20 different types of meds to keep them "working"

[mustang]

I haven't found anything that works for me yet, and I don't want to keep switching. The thing about psycho-stimulants is, they're addicting. I've gone through withdrawals because of them. It's not good to switch when you go through that. Once I find a fit I'm taking it regularly. To lower my tolerance to them, I'd stop taking them for a week. That's better to do, I don't need to take 20 different types of meds to keep them "working"

concerta and vivanse are all i need oohh and caffine wors great too

[kibakiba]

I'm not allowed to have caffeine. Especially not with my meds. It ruins my focus and makes me jittery and hyper, which my meds are supposed to reduce.

[mustang]

I'm not allowed to have caffeine. Especially not with my meds. It ruins my focus and makes me jittery and hyper, which my meds are supposed to reduce.

caffine calms most people with adhd! i can drink two big things of MT.DEW and take a 2 hour nap!

[kibakiba]

Most people. Everyone is different. My body reacts badly to caffeine and it CAN harm you if you have too much. I sleep and feel better without any caffeine in my body.