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An unusually good life and doing poorly in school both seem correlated with an intolerance for bullshit. I feel like the raw statistics are a bit misleading he
by trevyn 9y ago
An unusually good life and doing poorly in school both seem correlated with an intolerance for bullshit.
I feel like the raw statistics are a bit misleading here, because yes, on average, formal education improves outcomes. And I think most of us here are hardcore outliers, and have a passion for learning and self-development outside of a formal education context.
- boomboomsubban 9y ago>And I think most of us here are hardcore outliers, and have a passion for learning and self-development outside of a formal education context. A passion for learning only helps if you learn useful things, and a child with ADHD will focus on what they find interesting. And I don't see how improving your ability to focus on uninteresting things would have held you back.
- trevyn 9y agoAbsolutely agree. I've found the most magic in finding the intersection of useful and interesting, and suspect that this has led me to more satisfaction than someone who has found something only useful and used their willpower to focus on it.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoFirst, that "magic" is pure luck. Either through helpful people that guided your interest to a useful place, or just pure chance. What is giving you satisfaction could have easily have ended up a curse. Second,those aren't the two options. You're gaining the ability to focus on uninteresting things, something people without ADHD have and don't use constantly. All the traits mentioned in your last post don't disappear when you add the ability to focus.