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In a message dated 1/10/2009 3:42:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
khess at apk.net writes:

So genes for hyperactivity would possibly have been of survival value.  
Clearly they are not of value in a contemporary school.  





So why are the children considered the problem, not contemporary  schools.  
Surely there's a better way to train our young people than the  deadly 
regimentation required there.  I say this as a  retired elementary teacher, with 
credentials in bilingual/bicultural and  learning handicapped education.  In 30 
years of teaching, I only had one  student for whom ritalin was obviously 
beneficial.  I could tell  the moment I saw him whether or not he had taken his 
medication.  He  could make a valiant attempt to attend to class business, but just 
couldn't  seem to do so without the medicine.  (His father was an imprisoned  
gang member, and his family situation was extremely chaotic.  I've lost  
touch with him, but would be surprised if he didn't follow his father to  prison.  
I don't think the ritalin had any long-term benefit, but I was  happy he had 
it in the classroom, for his sake, my sake, and the sake of the  other 
students.)
 
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