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I have an entire rant about how ADHD kids are abused by the public school system. The worst idea ever is assigning them "monitors". The kid is in a classroom t
by btilly 3y ago
I have an entire rant about how ADHD kids are abused by the public school system.
The worst idea ever is assigning them "monitors". The kid is in a classroom that goes too slow to hold their interest. And there is an adult whose job is to torture them with reminders to return to task every time they get distracted. Guess how well this works? And yet it is a standard IEP intervention used across the country!
For less than the cost of adding the monitor, you could move the same kid into an environment where they can learn at their own pace. Thereby saving money, having the child learn faster, and removing a major source of disruptions for the rest of the class. But we've literally passed a law mandating "mainstreaming", which makes the common-sense and effective intervention illegal unless the parent pays for it out of pocket.
But that is a rant for another day.
- beardedmoose 3y agoHaving a child myself with an IEP I absolutely agree with how utterly useless it is and how horribly the system works in practice. It's even worse nowadays as accountability has been completely removed from students and parents leaving the teachers to fend for themselves without help from the administration that collects fat paychecks. Eat the rich I say, then we can start solving some of societies problems. Until then we are all just walking dollar signs, I imagine ADHD is particularly profitable to companies due to our impulse purchases and lack of executive function.
- P_I_Staker 3y agoYes, I've been thinking for quite some time of the many creative ways the condition is exploited by society. From social media to credit, advertising, social engineering, and psychological tricks. Great fodder for the criminal industrial complex too.