curious about the breakdown between introverts and extroverts who swim, and what they swim. are distance folks more inclined to be introverted, and sprinters, the opposite?
Geek, I have wondered that myself since many parents of kids with ADHD hyperactivity gravitate to swimming because it is a sport where their child is constantly moving. Constantly moving means less time to get in trouble, so there are quite a few ADHD medicated kids in swimming. Personally in viewing their swimming, I don't see an advantage. Skill and talent still win out.
And the lazy thing, when you work with a child for years and years, and years and you see them working hard, and they are still barely passing, or not passing, and you start to dwelve into why, and the extreme turn around with meds, going from failing to straight A's. in 9 weeks, well, it sorta makes you a believer in the ADHD inattentive diagnosis.
My son is lazy, he is not ADHD anything. But he is lazy. He could be straight A's, but because he does not work real hard, he gets A's and B's, and sometimes a C, which when he gets, he puts more effort in and brings it up.
My daughter works very hard, on average2-3 hours a night on her hard subjects of Math and Science, knows the material, goes in and flunks the tests and does the homework, and goes in and forgets to hand it in. And she tries very hard to remember to hand it in and she gets very discouraged when she cannot remember, and very discouraged when she prepares for a test, feels good taking it...and flunks. Just saying, there is something to this ADHD thing, don't discount it.
Geek, I have wondered that myself since many parents of kids with ADHD hyperactivity gravitate to swimming because it is a sport where their child is constantly moving. Constantly moving means less time to get in trouble, so there are quite a few ADHD medicated kids in swimming. Personally in viewing their swimming, I don't see an advantage. Skill and talent still win out.
And the lazy thing, when you work with a child for years and years, and years and you see them working hard, and they are still barely passing, or not passing, and you start to dwelve into why, and the extreme turn around with meds, going from failing to straight A's. in 9 weeks, well, it sorta makes you a believer in the ADHD inattentive diagnosis.
My son is lazy, he is not ADHD anything. But he is lazy. He could be straight A's, but because he does not work real hard, he gets A's and B's, and sometimes a C, which when he gets, he puts more effort in and brings it up.
My daughter works very hard, on average2-3 hours a night on her hard subjects of Math and Science, knows the material, goes in and flunks the tests and does the homework, and goes in and forgets to hand it in. And she tries very hard to remember to hand it in and she gets very discouraged when she cannot remember, and very discouraged when she prepares for a test, feels good taking it...and flunks. Just saying, there is something to this ADHD thing, don't discount it.
