tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post3914449844220930567..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: working with an ADHD kidKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-38693660069795437032012-10-12T01:54:41.938+09:002012-10-12T01:54:41.938+09:00Key words: "in the right environment." ...Key words: "in the right environment." That environment isn't found at my place of work. We're not equipped like a Romper Room or Montessori school. Our tutoring method is pretty much the old-school "siddown, shaddap, and drill, drill, drill." That works for most of our students, but it's hell for an ADHD kid.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-55492322934832912292012-10-11T22:56:26.647+09:002012-10-11T22:56:26.647+09:00I'm glad to see that you now realize that thes...I'm glad to see that you now realize that these kids are born with a very serious disease. And in the right environment, they can actually flourish, but their lives will never be easy, especially as they move into the working population.<br /><br />But in public school classes of 30 or more, the kids with problems really stand out. However, I usually worry more about the kids who are too quiet in class as this is sometimes indicative of abused children, and their living-hell home lives, which is an even worse can of worms to have to deal with. Of all my failures in life, seeing a couple of kids in these situations in South Korea has really gotten under my skin and started to haunt me. I even got my bosses involved, but the system here is so not geared towards helping those who can't even protect themselves.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-54633542796730361282012-10-09T14:01:05.273+09:002012-10-09T14:01:05.273+09:00Nathan,
I challenge you to sit across the table f...Nathan,<br /><br />I challenge you to sit across the table from this loud, insulting, squirmy kid and NOT consider him a devil child. "Compassion" sounds great in the abstract, but it's nearly worthless in the practical world when you're faced with a kid who's almost impossible to manage.<br /><br />I didn't generalize from one child to all ADHD children, by the way: I went from talking about this child to talking about the research I had done on ADHD kids, and the consensus/overlap I had found from perusing several different online sources.<br /><br />And yeah-- I can often read people in a single look. It's a gift from my mom. Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-91712742599792087942012-10-09T13:37:42.280+09:002012-10-09T13:37:42.280+09:00I remember quite a number of classmates of mine wh...I remember quite a number of classmates of mine who were diagnosed with ADHD; some were difficult for the teachers to handle, but none of them were holy terrors (those were the students who *weren't* diagnosed with any problem!). It's possible that these "ADHD" students weren't correctly identified, of course. Anyway, perhaps because of my own experience, I find calling a ADHD child "devil child" somewhat unsettling--especially if the individual in question suffers from a recognized condition that occurs with a fairly great frequency. It also seems a bit problematic that you seem to be generalizing from this one particular child to all ADHD children. Judging him from just "one look" in his eye also doesn't sound very good, either. Buddhahood knows you've given me some good advice when I needed it, so perhaps I might suggest that you try to put aside your judgments about him and his condition and teach/babysit him out of compassion, remembering that he is a child who needs both love and boundaries. I hope that didn't come across as too preachy--especially if you've been holding back and haven't told us a lot about this student that would curl our hair. Well, good luck, anyway!Nathan B.http://nathanbauman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-21232387445545049932012-10-09T13:19:46.696+09:002012-10-09T13:19:46.696+09:00HOwdy. Love this post. Pls check your email. I zap...HOwdy. Love this post. Pls check your email. I zapped you a link to a podcast hosted by Jiminy Glick's equally androgenous, OCD ADD, counterpart. Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.com