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How do you view a problem as a strength?
110 sats \ 3 comments \ @cryotosensei 4h AskSN
One of my students has ADHD.
He has caused me much inconvenience. He doesn’t know where his books are; he keeps interrupting me with questions at inappropriate timings; and he keeps misusing the apostrophe despite my repeated reminders. (He sits besides me so that I can monitor his writing.)
I have been preparing my students for their Oral exam, and their half-baked efforts leave me more than a little exasperated. So, yesterday I called upon him to describe what the characters in a photograph were feeling.
This is when his overactive mind came in handy. He just rambled non-stop; I had to remind him to refrain from overusing “and” as a conjunction. On the whole, it was a beautiful thing to witness how he could speak so coherently off the cuff.
I realised that he had just demonstrated the marvel of the ADHD mind. To not be intimidated by pressure (more than 30 pairs of eyes staring at him) and just respond as per normal
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 28m
I think about most complex things like a point in a hyper-dimensional space represented by hundreds of coordinate components. I think about personality like that too. If you move the point somewhere that represents a severe adhd symptoms, you likely end up changing many of the coordinate components and odds are that some of those component changes represent the increase of an advantage.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 1h
i think in most things in life a weakness can sometimes be a strength and vice versa, depending on context.
In the case of this kid, it can also be good for you, because it forces you to become a better teacher and figure out new strategies for dealing with kids like him.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 2h
He sounds like a bright student if he can speak freely with ease. Is he on ADHD medication? His disturbing symptoms should improve under medication. In regards to his ability, you should try to see if this is really a talent. Who knows, maybe you have a great storyteller in him. Keep being a kind teacher!
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