Comments on: The Cheat http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Allison Ryan http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-46542 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:56:46 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-46542 I know exactly what you're talking about and am currently going through the same thing now that I am in college. I have "cheated" my way through all of my previous school years, and am now trying to learn how to get by without. I was diagnosed recently with ADD. I am struggling through my classes, but I'm also actively working towards getting help. I find it really encouraging to know that someone else has gone through what I am going through now. Thank you so much for sharing this story. You've given me hope. (unrelated: I loved those books about the magical world that looked strikingly like a map of Florida) I know exactly what you’re talking about and am currently going through the same thing now that I am in college. I have “cheated” my way through all of my previous school years, and am now trying to learn how to get by without. I was diagnosed recently with ADD. I am struggling through my classes, but I’m also actively working towards getting help.
I find it really encouraging to know that someone else has gone through what I am going through now. Thank you so much for sharing this story. You’ve given me hope.

(unrelated: I loved those books about the magical world that looked strikingly like a map of Florida)

]]> by: Martha Vaughan http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-22706 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:08:50 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-22706 I'm convinced that the term ADD is just a label used to shut out those who society does not have the patient to be bothered with. As a teacher working with children and adults, I have seen situations with ADD that lead me to believe that most of those who are labeled ADD are not always in this category. ADD has become a cover to push most behavior that is not the norm in the education setting. These behavior maybe a cry for help in different ways; I need a listening ear, I need attention – I’m not an attention seeker, I need food, I am board –too repetitive, my brain retain things faster than the norm. I could go on and on. I agree with Flora's comment about the education term used for ADD. Terry, you are a shining star in the dark. You are the sky that is the limit. Continue to be creative. Martha. I’m convinced that the term ADD is just a label used to shut out those who society does not have the patient to be bothered with. As a teacher working with children and adults, I have seen situations with ADD that lead me to believe that most of those who are labeled ADD are not always in this category. ADD has become a cover to push most behavior that is not the norm in the education setting. These behavior maybe a cry for help in different ways; I need a listening ear, I need attention – I’m not an attention seeker, I need food, I am board –too repetitive, my brain retain things faster than the norm. I could go on and on.

I agree with Flora’s comment about the education term used for ADD.

Terry, you are a shining star in the dark. You are the sky that is the limit. Continue to be creative.

Martha.

]]> by: Terry Bain http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-5512 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:41:41 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-5512 Continued thanks to you all. And I don't blame my teachers. Far from it. I did learn a lot in school, I just didn't learn exactly what was intended. And a lot of those books I didn't read then I've read since (though it takes a great deal of concentration to do so). Blessings. Terry Continued thanks to you all. And I don’t blame my teachers. Far from it. I did learn a lot in school, I just didn’t learn exactly what was intended. And a lot of those books I didn’t read then I’ve read since (though it takes a great deal of concentration to do so). Blessings.

Terry

]]> by: Flora Morris Brown http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-5387 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:55:03 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-5387 Terry, you are not a cheater. You successfully coped with your challenges in the best way you knew how. That makes you a success. As a teacher rounding out 40 years of breaking chalk, I'm sorry that you didn't have a teacher who saw the cleverness of some of your schemes and helped you to turn all that ingenuity into what you do best: touch hearts through your writing. As for those labels such as ADD, EMR, etc., I believe they were created by educators who use them far too liberally to give up on students who are just not buying into our "draw between the lines" approach to teaching. Terry, you are not a cheater. You successfully coped with your challenges in the best way you knew how. That makes you a success.

As a teacher rounding out 40 years of breaking chalk, I’m sorry that you didn’t have a teacher who saw the cleverness of some of your schemes and helped you to turn all that ingenuity into what you do best: touch hearts through your writing.

As for those labels such as ADD, EMR, etc., I believe they were created by educators who use them far too liberally to give up on students who are just not buying into our “draw between the lines” approach to teaching.

]]> by: Osofoaddo http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4915 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:54:24 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4915 Wonderful and creative work . You had my attention all the way..You seem to me to be an honest person . I like your choice of words to express your ideas. I enjoyed your work.Thank you for sharing Wonderful and creative work . You had my attention all the way..You seem to me to be an honest person . I like your choice of words to express your ideas. I enjoyed your work.Thank you for sharing

]]> by: Terry Bain http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4906 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:14:59 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4906 Blessings, and thanks for your comments. I must admit, though at first I was taken aback at being "labelled" as ADD... I tend to believe that it is not so much me that has an "illness" as the world itself, demanding that we be able to give our full attention on ten different things while at the same time actually focusing on the thing we're supposed to be doing <i>at this moment</i> as well. Alas. And thanks again. Blessings, and thanks for your comments. I must admit, though at first I was taken aback at being “labelled” as ADD… I tend to believe that it is not so much me that has an “illness” as the world itself, demanding that we be able to give our full attention on ten different things while at the same time actually focusing on the thing we’re supposed to be doing at this moment as well.

Alas. And thanks again.

]]> by: Christine G. Adamo http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4901 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4901 From moment one, you had me hooked. Brilliant writing syle and insight. Thanks for submitting this...it's renewed my faith in others' ability to use self-reflection and honesty to communicate at a time when hype and propoganda seem to accost me at every turn. Well done. Thank you! From moment one, you had me hooked. Brilliant writing syle and insight. Thanks for submitting this…it’s renewed my faith in others’ ability to use self-reflection and honesty to communicate at a time when hype and propoganda seem to accost me at every turn. Well done. Thank you!

]]> by: Bill Brubach http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4889 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:51:07 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-cheat/#comment-4889 I'm not as sure you're a cheater, Terry. I think you are an achiever and a realist. That you were able to exceed the expectations of others and self-realize your abilities and failings prove you weren't a cheat. I also question the role of ADD in your life. Oh, I know it is a real ailment. But it is too often used as a scapegoat or an excuse for not realizing the breadth and depth of one's talents. You, after all, have become an achiever and a father too! Still and all, a good article. One that I see much of myself in. Thanks. I’m not as sure you’re a cheater, Terry. I think you are an achiever and a realist. That you were able to exceed the expectations of others and self-realize your abilities and failings prove you weren’t a cheat.

I also question the role of ADD in your life. Oh, I know it is a real ailment. But it is too often used as a scapegoat or an excuse for not realizing the breadth and depth of one’s talents. You, after all, have become an achiever and a father too!

Still and all, a good article. One that I see much of myself in. Thanks.

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