"DSK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
Not absurd at all. My daughter went through a very emotional, decision
making process last year with her oldest son who is 6 years old. Four
school officials (two teachers and two administrators) were fighting
among themselves about if drug treatment would help his "daydreaming"
nature.

That's ridiculous. It is not the school's job to decide whether or not a
kid should be given behavior modifying drugs. It is the school's job to
report the kids behavior and let the parents make the decision.


.... One of the teachers who was the most vocal advocate of the
treatment finally admitted that she had self-diagnosed herself with adult
ADD and was on medication. She even started to recommend what type of
medication he should have.


That's spooky. The teacher as a drug pusher? New paradigm or nightmare
socialist power-grab? That teacher should be put in drug rehab herself.

People who cannot be happy or productive have the choice to take drugs,
but the drugs can only change their perception. Drugs will not change
reality. And people who choose to take drugs are dope addicts, whether
they take vodka or heroin or prozac or some ritalin-equivalent.

It is abhorrent to me that American society has sunk to the level of
insisting that citizens must be drugged in order to "fit in." This is the
kind of stuff that horror/science fiction novels were about 30 years ago.


My daughter finally sought advice from her family doctor who told the
school teachers and officials to leave the kid alone .... he's a
perfectly normal 6 year old.

The teacher in question got very demanding, bordering on threats to go to
social services to support her recommendation.


She'll self-destruct sooner later. Best to keep distant from such an
individual.

DSK


The schools also get extra money for "Challenged kids". And an ADD drugged
kid qualifies. School people should be prosecuted for practicing medicine
without a license the first time they try to get the child on a drug
program! They should at the most be able to refer him to a licensed medical
professional.