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My son has adhd. He watches engineering videos for fun and tests in 97% in math and reading. His middle school science teachers tell me they learn things from him. But even with medication, he makes b-s in all his classes and is miserable doing homework. Absolutely the environment (school, school work) is a bad fit for him. He learns at school but it's a terrible mismatch for him, and much of his school work doesn't capture his mastery of the material.

But I want him to go to college so he can have a fulfilling job and not be consigned to well-paid but physically taxing, dirty labor that will break down his body by age 60. He doesn't want to be a plumber or an auto mechanic. If he grew up in the 1960s, that would have been his future and the future of the 25% of the boys who were bad at school despite loving to read and being curious, knowledge sponges in ways so many boys who are "good" at school aren't.  Now, the expectation of "college for all" is what keeps the school taking him seriously and not funneling him to vocational ed.
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My brother was like this. Was on Ritalin much of his childhood, but stopped before college. Dropped out-- would get As in some classes that interested him and fail others. Went back to school in his late 20s, finished his degree and got a master's. Is now a software engineer at Amazon and does very well. [/quote]

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