ADHD

I learned something about Attention Deficit, Hyperativity Disorder today. Both my own, and that of my students.

This morning, I was cleaning out my electronic files, and I came across a screen-saver 'gif' that someone sent me some years ago. It is a small sheep that moves around your screen, jumps, drops, walks, pees, goes up in space ships, dies, etc.

So, the adhd person in me thought, "I will use this during my class today. I have a powerpoint slide show to share during part of my class, and maybe it will help my students focus."

Well, in my period 7 class, which is my most active class, yet most active, the students noticed it immediately. They became agitated. They called out, "What's that?" "Why is there a sheep in our PowerPoint?" "Hey, he's peeing!"

In my period 10 class, which is not necessarily the brightest, but is the most focused, they barely noticed. I tried calling attention to it, but the students just said, "Just tell is about life insurance, what's with the sheep."


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