ADHD Summary And Analysis

Going through public school I never fit into the model of a perfect student. Despite all the effort I was putting in, I never seemed to be getting the results those around me were. It took until elementary school for me to finally get some answers. In 2nd grade I was diagnosed with ADHD, and my freshmen year of high school I was diagnosed with Tourettes. Due to things beyond my control I would never be able to learn like everyone else in the classroom. For me to understand a topic I must be able learn the concept inside and out but public school aren’t set up for that. After seemingly endless meetings, parent teacher conferences and therapist sessions, we finally got certain accommodations put in place in the classroom so that I could thrive.
I was finally able to succeed in the classroom. Next year came and the school system tried to take away my accommodations, this happened every time I went into a new grade, it was almost as if my school didn’t want me to succeed. Throughout all of high school I was being forced into a philosophy I could never fit into, the Sponge model of education. Due to this experience, it was clear to me that the philosophical assumptions the public schools were running on were not real education and it would never work for me. The study of communications told me I was correct. In the classes, we dove deep into topics and gained a full comprehensive understanding. It was clear why we were leaning the topics, how they fit in the bigger picture of communications and in life.