Posted by sigismund on August 26, 2010, at 18:51:17
In reply to Re: Inappropriate ADHD diagnosis, posted by simcha on August 26, 2010, at 16:31:24
>One diagnosis that I think is bogus is Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Basically it sounds like your average elementary school boy who just doesn't want to do as he is told. Is that really a disorder or is it annoying for the teachers/parents/administrators and that's why they have classified that as a disorder?
I was told that in the state system in Vietnam, kids who are overactive and badly behaved are required to kneel in, I suppose, front of the class.
In the private language schools they seemed remarkably well behaved for kids who are, after all, the children of the elites.
If you asked one of them to 'stand over there' they would do it without question.
This is during a language class after school.
When you walk in the room they all say 'Good afternoon teacher'.
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