Last week I learned that my daughter has ADD. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve been calling her a space cadet since she was in preschool and would give me the wide-eyed look of bliss so characteristic of those who live entirely in their own heads. I’ve been working around, working with, and compensating for her distractibility all along. To me it’s no big deal.
Apparently it’s a different matter where the school system is concerned. They want me to get my doctor to write a letter that they would put in her file so she can be pigeon holed as an ADD kid. They want this badly. Five of them, spearheaded by my dd’s primary teacher, held a meeting with me which was designed and intended to pressure me into providing them with a doctor’s note to that effect.
They tell me this would be good for her because with the official classification they can change her curriculum. They would not answer the question of exactly how they would change it, except to say she would not be taken out of the classroom except for the gifted program she’s already in, and to hint they would reduce her workload.
I’m not so sure she should have her workload reduced. I do think the teacher needs to change a number of the ways in which she handles things, but not by cutting back on what they expect her to accomplish.
So I’ve got a question I’m hoping you can help me with. Should I give them the doctor’s note or not?
That was the main thing in my life lately. What’s up in yours?
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