That is not what I claimed. Ritalin has a sort of high if you are not ADHD. It is a paradox. Ritalin for many people with ADHD produces a better state with no high. Some 50% of diagnoses are wrong and get medicated. If a child does not need the medication in other words is getting a sort of high they do not have ADHD.
Different drugs I can not discuss Ozempic and Ritalin at the same time.
I do not know what your source is for this. It looks like it is supposed to be from some sort of explanation. The word is paradox not weird.
You are not a liar. I never said you were a liar. You do make things up. This is another case of reading whatever you can into things. Again the bolded if a child is diagnosed and then medicated wrongly they are getting a sort of high from the med.
I did not get in anyoneâs way. You know less about the topic than you think.
You can not get from one childâs experience away from the fact that about 50% of the diagnoses are wrong.
The quote you attribute to me in your post is not mine. The source you are looking for was posted above it.
This is what you stated: âIf someone diagnosed with ADHD does not need medication they do not have it.â Perhaps the issue is overuse of pronouns, and âitâ did not refer to ADHD but meds. Very unclear, as most medical professionals seem to prefer prescribing to taking the time to teach non-prescription options.
Interesting how you seem to be the only one with whom I have that problem. Perhaps the problem is with your inability to communicate clearly.
Very true. In fact, if one suggests even on this relatively enlightened board that people have the capacity to overcome their problems (for example obesity or poverty), one will often be accused of âblaming the victimâ. While labeling someone a âvictimâ absolves that person of responsibility, it also makes them dependent on someone/something else to âsaveâ them. If obesity for example is a lifestyle problem, one can change that by altering behavior. If obesity is a disease, then one needs outside help.
Itâs not a matter of blaming schools so much as making schools a bigger part of the solution. Nine months on and three months off is not written in scripture. The current school schedule is based on factors that no longer apply. In addition, there are a number of countries in Europe and Asia that have more school days than the US. Increasing the number of school days for disadvantaged school districts may be the single most impactful thing we can do to better level the economic playing field.
Perhaps a government program that provides funds for disadvantaged schools to shift to a year-round schedule with additional school days should be advocated.
As offered, from time to time, that âpersonal responsibilityâ narrative seems to be a buffed up way of TPTB saying to everyone else âsux to be youâ. Is Jamie Dimon âpersonally responsibleâ for the illegal activity at JPM? Apparently not. If a man with a family, and a mortgage, and a car payment to make, is laid off when the company he worked for was looted and closed by a PE group, he is told to âtake personal responsibilityâ for his situation.
The âworkerâ shortage is largely demographic, of course, since the Boomers are retiring and the Millennials are already in the workforce. Gen Z, now entering the workforce, is a very small generation.
But this discussion of child care is also relevant. I used to sit on the board of a non-profit child care center with about 85 kids. You donât hire ignorant people for child care workers. State certification is very specific for training and education, which is quite similar to that for kindergarten teachers and aides. The requirements for the building facility are also stringent. This makes child care very expensive, despite the lousy salaries paid for child care workers. It can make sense for a parent of one with a decent job to pay for child care; it frequently does not make sense for the parent of two children. It can make sense to pay for child care for the sake of a âcareerâ; it does not always make sense for a âjobâ.
As for immigration, that is really a political problem. Employers are certainly willing to hire immigrants; but the politicians like to use them as an excuse for people who are complaining about not being able to find good jobs. Most legal means of immigration have been made really difficult for political reasons.
Teachers do quit because of low pay, but more quit because the job has become frustrating, tiring, dangerous, and personally unrewarding.
If you are having trouble hiring people, you just need to wait about ten years or so, when Gen Alpha (the offspring of the Millennials) starts looking for work. But, in any case, you are competing amid scarcity, so you are going to have to pay to get what you want.
Zs are almost the same size as the Boomers. Something like 20 million boomers have died already so the living Zs are bigger now.
Alphas are the smaller generation.
The economy is excellent under demand side econ. There are labor shortages in the US and worse shortages in Mexico.
Just winging it, the biggest threat to teachers are the parents. The complainers when wee Johny is way out of line are the parents blaming the teachers. Career-ending stuff. Why bother? The parents are so arrogant who cares about their children.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts based on your experience and knowledge.
I was talking with a fellow retired teacher today and she asked me if I knew that another teacher at our old school who taught for 10 years had quit. It wasnât the pay it was the frustration and the increasing demands on her time outside of the classroom. She felt that she owed it to her child to be more a part of her life. She got a job in a local large corporation that isnât a passion, but she can leave it when she goes home.
