<p>"RBASE - please explain your expert rational - are you an expert in the field of ADD - ADHD?? What is your personal experience?? Are you a parent or a student??</p>
<p>To make such statesments and assessments above - you must have some expertise. Or are you just being ignorant?? Please explain yourself! I am having a very difficult time trying to figure out where you are coming from in this arena - because you certainly do NOT sound as tho you do have the expertise regarding learning issues such as these.</p>
<p>Are you going to tell me you have ADD/ADHD or a kiddo who does - and you think they are lazy or over subscribed in their activities?? Please justify your comments."</p>
<p>First of all JeepMOM, I'm not being rude. After all, you asked if I was being "ignorant". And yes, I like to use sarcasm. It fits the bill nicely, and adds a nice punch. Deal with it. If you can't handle the fire then get out of the kitchen.</p>
<p>Words from the mouths of babes - a student - who has not had to bring up a child/student with other than normal needs. Maybe has some ADD/ADHD himself - but has not had to live thru it thru they eyes and heart of being a parent. Interesting.......</p>
<p>oh, and by the way, "expert"... in response to the statement: "who has not had to bring up a child/student with other than normal needs."</p>
<p>from wikipedia.org:</p>
<p>"ADHD is commonly diagnosed among children. When diagnosed in adults, it is regarded as adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD). It is believed that approximately 30 to 70% of children diagnosed with ADHD retain the disorder as adults."</p>
<p>I agree that this thread should be deleted but I have to chime in here because I had warned this member about calling people's kid names and now, he is doing the same with fellow members.</p>
<p>Rbase07, you are rude and sound like a 12 year old child throwing a tantrum and have absolutely no idea what's it's like either being a serious ADHD case or being the Parent of one, whatever little knowledge you claim to have on the subject most likely you get from "reading" and for you to tell me that my son is over-diagnosed and lazy is a direct insult to me, my family and every other member of this board who is ADHD or have kids in that situation and I will not waste my time on the likes of you to further justify my son's situation.</p>
<p>you're a fool steel. Your son's ADHD cannot be that serious that it impedes his very ability to live, as you insinuate. You think just because you type "GROW UP!!!" in all caps you're right and because you call me a 12 year old throwing a tantrum, you're right. But you're really not. You come to CC asking for advice about what your son can do, and SEVERAL of the replies to the thread say that your son should just deal with it. ADD is really not THAT serious. It's very manageable. And for your son, if it's really THAT BAD, then he shouldn't be in college. Because lecture-type classes are a huge part of college.</p>
<p>LOL, one of you mods/admins PLEASE close and delete this thread as I did not realize that I am dealing with a High School "child" here, this is my last post in this thread, thanks.</p>
<p>RBase07, I've followed this thread closely and I feel that you ARE the fool. Steel is just trying to do what is best for his/her son and here you are telling steel that he/she needs to just give up. You haven't even graduated from high school and experienced college life yet; not to mention being a parent. I can sympathize with steel b/c my roommate has ADHD. I've seen his grade drop from one semester to another (lower than mine), although he studies a lot more than me. His overall GPA dropped from 0.4 point in a semester. ADD/ADHD may be overdiagnosed, but what if, steel's son is one of the few exceptions?</p>
<p>"RBase07, I've followed this thread closely and I feel that you ARE the fool."</p>
<p>And I guess that makes you the judge of life, right? Just because you've been following the thread diligently, right? I guess this makes you God then..</p>
<p>Did I say at any point that I am God? I believe I said I'm a college sophomore...
I was trying to say that just because ADD/ADHD is overdiagnosed, you shouldn't generalize everyone into that classification. There are always exceptions and since you don't know steel's son, your justification of him being lazy rather than having ADD is invalid.</p>
<p>"Oh, and BTW, I am a sophomore and I can attest you that lecture is not always a big part of college life, esp. in LACs."</p>
<p>"Oh, and BTW," just how many colleges have you attended? And which one, for that matter? I beg to differ that big lectures are not a big part of college culture at a vast majority of america's four year unis. and colleges.</p>
<p>And for Steel:</p>
<p>"LOL, one of you mods/admins PLEASE close and delete this thread as I did not realize that I am dealing with a High School "child" here, this is my last post in this thread, thanks."</p>
<p>Just because I am younger than you doesn't make you right. I am technically a "child", as you state, because I am under 18 years of age, but that still doesn't mean you are right.</p>
<p>I attend Illinois Wesleyan and as far as my college life goes, I have had only 2 lecture classes only (out of ummm... 19?). I believe that is only slightly above 10%. Also note that I wrote, not always a big part, which is different from saying that it is not a big part at all. I realize that state u. may have more lecture-based classes, but LACs, like the one I attend, certainly have smaller classes.</p>
<p>I am just saying that lecture is NOT ALWAYS a big part of college life, such as in LAC's. Whether you accept the fact that there are many LAC's or not, it's your personal choice.</p>
<p>Which brings me to this point: Steel, you always have the option of letting your son apply to smaller colleges that give personal attentions to students. I am international and sometimes I have problems understanding a concept. Going to a small college allows me to get the help that I need and to create connections with professors. As of now (second semester of sophomore year), I am entering my second semester of research, which I think is hard to do in larger universities.</p>
<p>Alright, enough already Rbase07, you brought me out of retirement huh:), just to clarify, I did not call you a "child" becuase of your "age" so no offense meant at all to ANY of the younger members of this forum, as a matter of fact I had met 2 students in particular 4 years ago who were Freshmen in HS and were friends of my son and I was totally shocked at how mature these 2 guys were, you would swear you were talking to adults if you didn't know better so no, age does not necessarily make you and adult or child. I used those words to describe more or less the "manner" and choice of words you use in your posts. So how about we end this right here and now Rbase07? Feel free to participate in my other posts, I need you younger guys [like my son too] to keep me on my toes!</p>
<p>Nurmanator, appreciate the advice but we have already done this, we chose each of his potential schools keeping class size in mind, thanks.</p>
<p>yeah dude (I meant that in an endearing way) :). Let's just drop it. Forgive me for being so stubborn this whole time. I take 100% of the blame for not being mature about this. All you wanted was advice on your son's condition. By the way, please totally excuse any of the comments directed towards your family-- they had NOTHING to do with this. It's my fault.</p>