The real change was when we started gearing our education system for
factory work, that's when ADD started to be a societal detriment.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:57 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> trent shipley via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:29:18 -0700
>
> >(I'm autistic, bipolar, and attention deficit disordered).
>
> When they gave my son a 12 question test for ADD, I (mentally) answered
> 8 of the 12 such that I'd have been diagnosed ADD if the test had been
> given to me. A lot of people have said I have a short and glitchy
> attention span.
>
> I compensate by using outlines and todo lists for everything. I don't
> read boring stuff unless it's absolutely necessary. I never read
> textbooks because textbooks are designed specifically to be confusing,
> thereby justifying the requirement of a teacher. For Dummies books and
> Khan Academy are excellent learning resources that don't require an
> undue amount of attention.
>
> I have no idea whether the compensations I use would be helpful for
> you, but just in case, I've mentioned them.
>
> This paragraph is my opinion. Homo Sapiens is about 300,000 years old,
> and for all but the last 10,000 years, ADD was a pro-survival trait. If
> you're hunting an antelope and so is a lion, and a different tribe of
> Homo Sapiens is in the area, you'd better be able to pay attention to
> all three or you'd be somebody's lunch. Focusing on one thing at a time
> was a bad idea until 10K years ago. I went to grade school in the
> 1950's, before they had drugs for ADD, and at least half the boys in
> the class had behavior consistent with ADD. Teachers back then used
> teaching and discipline techniques to compensate, and over the years
> most of those boys found ways to compensate. This widespread modern
> idea that ADD is some sort of horrible thing really pisses me off and I
> take it personally.
>
> Like I said, what I've said in this email might not apply to you, but
> then again, it might be something to consider.
>
> SteveT
>
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