Reply #2: What goes around, comes around. [View All]

My son would have been put on ritalin on this program. His elementary school, (which otherwise did a good job) wanted him medicated. I resisted because they said it could trigger Turrets if he had the markers for it. He then graduated into middle school and there he started a program which changed classes every hour and the problem resolved itself. No medication needed.

On the other hand, a friend who was Democratic before she became absorbed by her Chamber of Commerce job, had a son whose discipline problems only became worse with medication. He almost torched my backyard. I stomped the flames out in time. I suspect she created a lot of his problems, but, the point is, she steadily became more and more Republican in our relationship, until we stopped socializing all together. I'm pretty sure she voted for George Bush and I admit this required-medication is a bittersweet event because she was completely opposed to over-medication because of what it nearly did to her son.

In addition, when her son was in the elementary level, they failed to diagnose him for a learning disability. But, she loved that elementary school because that's where all the rich people around here sent their kids. Then the boy graduates to the middle school where there is a black principal. The middle school diagnosed the problem and guess what she does? She threatens to sue the black principal for not diagnosing the problem earlier. I told her it was not the black principal's fault, but the rich elementary school she so much revered. I haven't seen her since.