like I can pay attention to how the clock in the back of the classroom stalls for a second every 5 seconds and then jumps 2 seconds forward while maintaining the correct increase in time and-- wait what do you mean it's time to hand in the test?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sometimes I get full imposter syndrome and think I'm not really ADHD but then I read shit like this and thinks oh god dammit I do this constantly with SO MANY THINGS and I do in fact have ADHD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your last sentence made me remember the second teacher I made cry. Mrs. Graham. RIP.

She was my kindergarten teacher. She just knew I was going to be the first kid that she'd had in 20 years of teaching that would ace the yearly standardized test the state gave us. I would have too, if I would have paid enough attention to the test to answer the last two questions, but I couldn't sit still for very long. It still took till 6th grade for them to realize I had ADD. Luckily for Mrs. Graham my little brother is also really good at tests, but didn't have ADD. He was her first perfect tester.

First teacher I made cry was a Montessori school teacher. I was her prized pupil, and she called my mother in tears because, "he CAN'T be sick today. The board of directors is here!"