Education

A Squirmy Situation

By Amanda Jones — June 20, 2007 1 min read
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British teacher, Mr. Chalk, ponders the “real reasons” why students can’t sit still or be silenced in class, including:

Fed on a diet of sugary drinks and snacks throughout the day, many kids are in a constant hyperactive state. To excuse this, a whole load of medical problems have been dreamt up by drug companies eager to sell new products to the gullible. Every register is chock full of acronyms and excuses such as ADD, Bipolar Somethings, Aspbergers, Oppositional Defiance Nonsense and of course ADHD. Here's a handy tip: if your own child is naughty just send a letter to his form teacher with your own impressive sounding disease and his every misdemeanor will be forever excused. It's like the 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card in Monopoly.

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A version of this news article first appeared in the Blogboard blog.