Well there are some kids that have massive front teeth so those mouths ain’t closing
They beat shit like this into me in the 80s along with making eye contact, I can mask with the best of them!
I don’t have ADHD, but I imagine this is like showing a picture of a kid standing to one in a wheelchair saying be more like this.
A comparable poster for a regular kid would be standing and facing a corner as punishment.
This poster is describing pure torture for me.
I feel like I’ve seen this picture as a child and… You know what fuck this bullshit. I hated school.
Eyes: watching a bird outside Ears: listening to the janitor buff the hallway floor Lips: mouthing the lyrics to the damn song that’s been floating around your head for nine days straight Hands: wait! I forgot i had those! Shit! What do i do with these? Feet: tappitytappitytappitytappitytappity…
They forgot to include “MIND is wandering”.
Brain: Albuquerque.
“Honey? Do you wanna join the Columbia Record Club?”
Luckily, this is not a thing anymore. At least not in Canada. We’re in a small rural town in Alberta, so I have to assume we are in pretty much the worst place in Canada for it, too. But my niece has ADHD and they are very inclusive about it now. Chewing gum is allowed, music is allowed, fidgets are allowed, and wiggly chairs are allowed. And none of the other kids in her class are bothered by it, they have their own things too, and they are all learning just fine.
Still a thing in rural USA.
It’s school dependent even in US suburbia. The middle school near me regularly ignores IEP and 503 but the high school goes above and beyond and not only abides, but adlibs, finds things that help and circles back regularly.
Arm is on the paper so you cant see a damn thing
I’m pretty sure if my foot ever stops shaking I’ll explode. Church was the worst for me as a kid. My dad would hold my knee down the entire time.
Woof, that sucks.
The church I grew up in, which has a very “high church” liturgical style, just accepts that children make sound. There’s always a constant low-volume noise from anll the kids and people just ignore it. After all, Christ said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Church shouldn’t be about rigidity or the appearance of perfection, it flies in the face of the core of the Christian religion. But I don’t think most Christians really think about their faith in living terms, they think about the trappings and appearance and going through the proper motions (as is evidenced by the evangelicals flocking to hate-filled shysters like Trump).
While there is certainly spiritual value in the ritual, it cannot be at the expense of the meaning. All rigidity does is make church suck.
Yeah church was terrible for us leg shakers. I still flinch any time someone makes a sudden movement and my leg is shaking because I’m still expecting a back of the head slap.
Anti-human propaganda
Hate this shit. I remember being a kid. It was torture. I was cut some slack since my academics were really good. But it was still a pain.
They’re right. I get the point, you should pay attention and not be disruptive, but there are definitely ways to fidget that aren’t distracting to others.
That… Looks incredibly dystopian.
