Comment by throwaway2990
2 years ago
100%. I’m glad Australia appears to be doing an actual diagnosis rather than just prescribing drugs.
All kids are different. Some kids can sit and read for hours. But some kids need to do physical stuff. Schools don’t cater for the latter. Gone are the days of learning wood work and metal work, cooking, sewing. Kids don’t do PE class like they used to. We try to ram all kids through the same meat grinder and when one resists we try to dumb them down with drugs and force them through. These kids are probably WORSE off being on drugs and shoved through the meat grinder than had they dropped out and done a trade skill instead. Nope it’s adhd and we got to drug them up and in most cases it’s a visit to the doctor and “do you have adhd” “I think so” “good enough for me here take this drug that I get paid to prescribe you”
A curated list of NSW High School Electives:
* Dance * Drama * Food Technology * Industrial Technology Timber * Industrial Technology Metal * Music * Physical Activity & Sports Studies * Visual Arts
Have you attended those classes or just citing something you googled? Because they aren’t the same now as they were in the 50s or 90s. And those classes are like once a week now as academic classes are the main focus. This type of schooling still does not cater for kids who often excel in these classes but do poorly in general academics. But hey. Keep pushing those kids through the meat grinder!!!
I have, I grew up in NSW. They are twice a week while core academics are 3x. Even within that, science tends to be pretty practical.
PE is twice a week.
In year 11 and 12 you can fill your classes with electives if you want, you might not get an ATAR for university if you don’t do English and maths.
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