Placebo ritalin. It sounds like they didn't teach the parents, teachers, and school administrators first. Meditation is a very valuable thing to learn but thi

Placebo ritalin. It sounds like they didn't teach the parents, teachers, and school administrators first. Meditation is a very valuable thing to learn but this is not the way to learn it. To me it seems like these kids are being subjected to a fad. To the extent that it works for them (to become more mindful) it will only throw the intrinsic bullshit of the school system into stark relief, as the quotes from the kids indicate. I'm going to repeat myself, because I didn't see it mentioned in the article: if the parents, teachers, and school admin staff didn't go through a year or two of "mindfulness" themselves before pushing it on their kids then this is foolish.