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Hmm…I’m starting to feel like a spammer here. But I need to post again.
I listened to about 20 minutes of Mark Patey today. I had to stop after that because I didn’t have any more time. And because my hand was starting to cramp from all the notes I was trying to furiously scribble down about all the things I disagreed with. And there were many. I was not impressed, to put it mildly.
The one thing I have to agree with is that kids with ADHD should not be given the idea that they are “broken”. Like any kid with any kind of disability, they need to be taught that it’s okay to be different and be given the confidence they need to do their best.
But his story about his son doing well in private school because he didn’t tell them that he has ADHD is full of logical fallacies. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. There is no way of knowing that his son did better at that school just because the teachers didn’t know about his ADHD.
Not to mention he talks about it like as if sending your kid to private school is an option that is available to everyone.
He makes assumptions based on his own personal experiences. And even though he says that he is not anti-medication and he acknowledges that there are different points of view, he doesn’t do it very sincerely.
BTW, “post hoc ergo propter hoc” is pretty much the only Latin phrase I know. And that’s only because I watch Big Bang Theory.
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