supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Feb 20, 2013 20:15:16 GMT -5
Yeah I agree that not everyone is ADD and labels are quick. But see with me, the teacher tried telling my mom I played alone and kept writing about the same topics, but mom just said it's normal cause I'm an only child, and I remember playing with some friends of the same racial background I was comfortable with though if things were ever wrong , I would tattletale often or ask adults to help out cause I didn't learn proper problem solving at home.
Once they were trying to say my cousin should look into seeing if he has ADD when all he was doing was going around the classroom imitating phrases from the lion king and acting it out. Idiots. My aunt gave it to them good.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Feb 21, 2013 4:50:38 GMT -5
^ If acting out favorite movies makes a kid ADD, I think most of us would have been diagnosed.
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supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Feb 21, 2013 9:45:33 GMT -5
Yeah exactly. The teacher just wasn't understanding what he was saying cause it was too fast or something, such an idiot.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 21, 2013 14:58:11 GMT -5
I recall hearing a pediatrician say (in the back room) that she didn't believe ADD even exists!
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Post by candykane on Feb 22, 2013 11:24:35 GMT -5
^ If acting out favorite movies makes a kid ADD, I think most of us would have been diagnosed. Agreed! I thought pretty much every kid did that. My nephew used to do that constantly when he was little. Apparently I used to act out commercials...my mom even wrote that in my baby book.
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supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Feb 22, 2013 12:31:59 GMT -5
I have slight memories of acting out music videos and what they would say in them
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jej1280
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Post by jej1280 on Feb 22, 2013 23:32:38 GMT -5
That reminds me of how when we were little, my brother and I memorized the script for a pregnancy test commercial and we would recite it at random times/places haha!
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 25, 2014 12:10:13 GMT -5
Now that is definitely odd!
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Post by Honeybee on Feb 25, 2014 19:45:05 GMT -5
They must have that pregnant commercial on, everyday. I know, sometimes, they like to repeat commercials. Be like, didn't we just seen this commercial.
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supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Feb 26, 2014 7:31:27 GMT -5
Not that odd, I memorized Miss Cleo tarot reading commercials and was grown
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 11, 2014 11:54:18 GMT -5
I read this last night before reading Ann's "Inside Out," over the weekend. I am hoping my memories of "Inside Out," are still accurate and that it is a better, more positive story than this was. I really don't care for this book (Secret of Susan) much. One thing that did make me smile this time around was Kristy and Claudia. I enjoyed reading about them spending more time together (when Kristy was sitting for Susan she brought her over to the Hobarts where Claud was and also Kristy came early to a BSC meeting to talk with Claud). I wish we had gotten to see that more often. I think Claudia really did feel so badly for both Kristy and Susan in this. I don't feel like we get to much know Susan. Her mom doesn't spend (that we see) much time with her. What was sad to me was even though it might not be reciprocated, Mrs. Felder never once told Susan good-bye, that she's see her soon, let alone that she loved her before going out. I hadn't noticed that before but did this time. Mr. Felder, in his brief end of book appearance, came across as much more caring. I'm not saying Mrs. Felder didn't care for Susan, just that I wish she had (to our knowledge) said so. I also still wish Hope had been born, too. Hopefully, Susan did enjoy her new school.
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Post by greer on Apr 11, 2014 16:41:58 GMT -5
^ I do think Inside Out was handled with far more sensitivity, which is strange, because inside out was only her second book, so you'd think she would improve and handle it better. But perhaps it's also because it was Kristy as the narrator, and Kristy is so bullheaded. We also don't get any understanding of Susan's situation from the family's point of view--like, perhaps they had tried the kind of program they sent James to in Inside Out, and it hadn't worked. Perhaps Ann wanted to explore what happens when a family is truly powerless to cope with their child's disability.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 11, 2014 17:11:24 GMT -5
^I'm about halfway through Inside Out and was thinking that maybe part of the difference is also that James at one time did have meaningful language and was able and wanting to interact with his family. I think Mrs. Felder told Kristy that Susan did speak at one time, or am I making that up? ITA and like how you said that Greer. It is also interesting that Inside Out is narrated by an 11 year old boy. I wonder if Hope had been the older sister and Susan a few years younger if we would have gotten to know Susan and her family better. Or even if Susan had been more James' age. I'll probably finish Inside Out later and have more thoughts then.
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Post by greer on Apr 11, 2014 18:38:06 GMT -5
I think she says that Susan was even advanced at one point and they thought she was gifted, and then suddenly shut down.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 11, 2014 20:24:49 GMT -5
^Good memory, Greer. I just checked because that did sound familiar and its on page 124. When Susan was 2/12 was when everything changed for her. I did finish Inside Out earlier and think James was the same age, possibly a little older. He does turn 5 in the book. I do look forward to your and others thoughts on that story on Monday.
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