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I am a person that has had to teach myself that I am <\/span>smart. Or rather, that I am not dumb. In school, I never did exceptionally well. There was classes I did great such as grade 7… I am sure I did good. I had the biggest crush on Mr. Taylor. So I was engaged.<\/p>\n

On the whole I sucked. When it came time for the standard testing that they do … you remember… those tests that you fill in the circles… I filled the circles by making patterns. Or maybe it was time to circle B because I already squiggled too many A’s and C’s.<\/p>\n

I don’t remember being hyper active but judging myself as an adult, I am sure to be classified as ADHD if I were in school today.<\/p>\n

Why is it that people with energy have to be classified? Why is it that there isn’t something to describe the normal person… with not as much energy? <\/p>\n

Really, as one time teacher… why have we not done something about the kids that don’t learn inside the box? Why are they are classified? <\/p>\n

As I watch a couple of my sons that don’t learn in the box… the sitting down, taking notes, concentrate quietly, I found myself fuming. Why don’t we test how kids learn as young ones and then teach them that way? If you are a right brain child and have extra energy flowing through you… you are lost.<\/p>\n

Well there are schools but you would have to pay money most don’t have. So I feel frustrated for those kids that are labeled.
I feel bad that hyper activity is a negative.<\/p>\n

Yet check this out:<\/p>\n

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) \u2014 Photographer<\/p>\n

Ann Bancroft \u2014 (1931-present) \u2014 Actress<\/p>\n

Alexander Graham Bell \u2014 (1862-1939) \u2014 Telephone Inventor<\/p>\n

Harry Andersen \u2014 (1952-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Hans Christian Anderson \u2014 (1805-1875) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Beethoven \u2014 (1770-1827) \u2014 Composer<\/p>\n

Harry Belafonte \u2014 (1927-present) \u2014 Actor, Vocalist<\/p>\n

Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington \u2014 (1912-1988)
WWII Flying Ace (Black Sheep Squadron Leader)<\/p>\n

Terry Bradshaw \u2014 (1948-Present) \u2014 Football Quarterback<\/p>\n

George Burns \u2014 (1896-1996) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Sir Richard Francis Burton \u2014 (1821-1890)
Explorer, Linguist, Scholar, Writer<\/p>\n

Admiral Richard Byrd \u2014 (1888-1957) \u2014 Aviator
(Was retired from the navy as, “Unfit for service”)<\/p>\n

Thomas Carlyle \u2014 (1795-1881)
Scottish historian, critic, and sociological writer<\/p>\n

Andrew Carnegie – (1835-1919) Industialist<\/p>\n

Jim Carrey \u2014 (1962-present) \u2014 Comedian<\/p>\n

Lewis Carroll \u2014 (1832-1898) \u2014 Author (Alice in Wonderland)<\/p>\n

Prince Charles \u2014 (1948-present) \u2014 Future King of England<\/p>\n

Cher (1946-present)\u2014 Actress\/Singer<\/p>\n

Agatha Christie \u2014 (1890-1976) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Winston Churchill \u2014 (1874-1965) \u2014 Statesman (Failed the sixth grade)<\/p>\n

Bill Cosby \u2014 (1937-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Tom Cruise \u2014 (1962-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Harvey Cushing M.D. \u2014 (1869-1939)
Greatest Neurosurgeon of the 20th Century<\/p>\n

Salvador Dali \u2014 (1904-1989) \u2014Artist<\/p>\n

Leonardo da Vinci \u2014 (1452-1519) \u2014 Inventor, Artist<\/p>\n

John Denver \u2014 (1943-1997) \u2014 Musician<\/p>\n

Walt Disney \u2014 (1901-1971)
(A newspaper editor fired him because he had “No good ideas”.)<\/p>\n

Kirk Douglas \u2014 (1916-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Thomas Edison \u2014 (1847-1931) \u2014 Inventor
(His teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything)<\/p>\n

Albert Einstein \u2014 (1879-1955) \u2014 Physicist
(Famous Tongue Sticking Out Picture)
(Einstein was four years old before he could speak,
and seven before he could read)<\/p>\n

Dwight D. Eisenhower \u2014 (1890-1969) \u2014 U. S. President, Military General<\/p>\n

Michael Faraday \u2014 (1791-1867) \u2014 British Physicist, Chemist<\/p>\n

F. Scott Fitzgerald \u2014 (1896-1940) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Malcolm Forbes \u2014 (1919-1990) \u2014 Forbes Magazine Founder & Publisher<\/p>\n

Henry Ford \u2014 (1863-1947) \u2014 Automobile Innovator<\/p>\n

Benjamin Franklin \u2014 (1706 – 1790) \u2014 Politician, Elder Statesman<\/p>\n

Galileo (Galilei) \u2014 (1564-1642) \u2014 Mathematician, Astronomer<\/p>\n

Danny Glover \u2014 (1947-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Tracey Gold \u2014 (1969-present) \u2014 Actress<\/p>\n

Whoopi Goldberg \u2014 (1955-present) \u2014 Actress<\/p>\n

Georg Frideric Handel \u2014 (1685-1759) \u2014 Composer<\/p>\n

Valerie Hardin \u2014 Gothic Poet, Artist, Children’s Author<\/p>\n

Mariette Hartley \u2014 (1940-present)
Actress (Tells of her and daughter’s ADD)<\/p>\n

William Randolph Hearst \u2014 (1863-1951) \u2014 Newspaper Magnate<\/p>\n

Ernest Hemingway \u2014 (1899-1961) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Mariel Hemingway \u2014 (1961) \u2014 Actress<\/p>\n

Milton Hershey \u2014 “The Chocolate King” \u2014 (1857-1945)<\/p>\n

Dustin Hoffman \u2014 (1937-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Bruce Jenner \u2014 (1949-present) \u2014 Athlete<\/p>\n

Luci Baines Johnson (1947-present) \u2014 LBJ’s Daughter<\/p>\n

“Magic” Johnson \u2014 (1959-present) \u2014 Basketball Player<\/p>\n

Samuel Johnson \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Michael Jordan \u2014 (1963-present) \u2014 Basketball Player<\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy \u2014 (1917-1963) \u2014 U. S. President<\/p>\n

Robert F. Kennedy \u2014 (1925-1968) \u2014 U.S. Attorney General<\/p>\n

Jason Kidd \u2014 (1973-present) \u2014 Professional Basketball Player<\/p>\n

John Lennon \u2014 (1940-1980) \u2014 Musician<\/p>\n

Frederick Carlton (Carl) Lewis \u2014 (1961-present)
Olympic Gold Metalist, American track-and-field athlete.<\/p>\n

Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) \u2014 (1774 -1809) \u2014 Explorer<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln \u2014 (1809-1865) \u2014 U.S. President
(Entered The Black Hawk War as a Captain and came out a Private)<\/p>\n

Greg Louganis \u2014 (1960-present) \u2014 Olympic Gold Medalist (Diving)<\/p>\n

James Clerk Maxwell \u2014 (1831-1879) \u2014 British Physicist<\/p>\n

Steve McQueen \u2014 (1930-1980) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart \u2014 (1756-1791) \u2014 Composer<\/p>\n

Napoleon Bonaparte \u2014 (1769-1873) \u2014 Emperor<\/p>\n

Nasser (Gamal Abdel-nasser) \u2014 (1918-1970) \u2014 Egyptian Leader<\/p>\n

Sir Issac Newton \u2014(1642-1727) \u2014 Scientist, Mathematician
(Did poorly in grade school)<\/p>\n

Nostradamus \u2014 (1503-1566) \u2014 Physician, Prophet<\/p>\n

Ozzy Osbourne \u2014 (1948-present) \u2014 said he was ADHD on TV<\/p>\n

Louis Pasteur \u2014 (1822-1895) \u2014 Scientist
(Rated as mediocre in chemistry when he attended the Royal College)<\/p>\n

General George Patton \u2014 (1885-1945) \u2014 Military<\/p>\n

Pablo Picasso \u2014 (1882-1973) \u2014 Artist<\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe \u2014 (1809-1849) \u2014 Author, Poet<\/p>\n

Rachmaninov \u2014 (1873-1943) \u2014 Composer<\/p>\n

Eddie Rickenbacker \u2014 (1890-1973) \u2014 WWI Flying Ace<\/p>\n

John D. Rockefeller \u2014 (1839-1937)
Founder, Standard Oil Company<\/p>\n

Nelson Rockefeller \u2014 (1908-1979) \u2014 U.S. Vice President<\/p>\n

August Rodin \u2014 (1840-1917) \u2014 Artist, Sculptor<\/p>\n

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt \u2014 (1844-1962) \u2014 First Lady<\/p>\n

Pete Rose \u2014 (1941-present) \u2014 Baseball Player<\/p>\n

Babe Ruth \u2014 (1895-1948) \u2014 Baseball Legend<\/p>\n

Nolan Ryan \u2014 (1947-present) \u2014 Baseball Player<\/p>\n

Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat \u2014 (1918-1981) \u2014 Egyptian President
Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1976<\/p>\n

George C. Scott \u2014 (1927-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

George Bernard Shaw \u2014 (1856-1950)\u2014Author<\/p>\n

Will Smith \u2014 Actor, Rapper, Entertainer<\/p>\n

Tom Smothers \u2014 (1937-present) \u2014 Actor, Singer, Entertainer<\/p>\n

Socrates \u2014 (469-399 B.C.) \u2014 Philosopher<\/p>\n

Suzanne Somers \u2014 (1946-present) \u2014 Actress<\/p>\n

Steven Spielberg \u2014 (1946-present) \u2014 Filmmaker<\/p>\n

Sylvester Stallone \u2014 (1946-present) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Jackie Stewart \u2014 (1939-present) \u2014 Grand Prix Hall of Famer<\/p>\n

James Stewart \u2014 (1908-1997) \u2014 Actor<\/p>\n

Henry David Thoreau \u2014 (1817-1862) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

(Lev Nikolayevich) Leo Tolstoy \u2014 (1828-1910) \u2014 Russian Author
(Flunked out of college)<\/p>\n

Alberto Tomba \u2014 (1966-present) \u2014 Italian Alpine Ski Champion<\/p>\n

Vincent van Gogh \u2014 (1853-1890) \u2014 Artist<\/p>\n

Russell Varian \u2014 (1899-1959) \u2014 Inventor<\/p>\n

Jules Verne \u2014 (1828-1905) \u2014 Author<\/p>\n

Werner von Braun \u2014 (1912-1977) \u2014 Rocket Scientist
Flunked 9th grade algebra.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Wagner \u2014 (1949-present) \u2014 Actress (Bionic Woman)<\/p>\n

Gen. William C. Westmoreland \u2014 (1914-present) \u2014 Military (Vietnam Era)<\/p>\n

Robin Williams \u2014 (1952-present) \u2014 Comedian<\/p>\n

Woodrow Wilson \u2014 (1856-1924) \u2014 U. S. President<\/p>\n

Henry Winkler \u2014 (1945-present) \u2014 Actor (Fonzie)<\/p>\n

Stevie Wonder \u2014 (1950-present ) \u2014 Musician<\/p>\n

F. W. Woolworth \u2014 (1852-1919) \u2014 Department Store Innovator
(While working in a dry goods store at 21, his employers wouldn’t let him
wait on a customer because he “Didn’t have enough sense.”)<\/p>\n

Frank Lloyd Wright \u2014 (1867-1959) \u2014 Architect<\/p>\n

Orville Wright \u2014 (1871-1948) \u2014 Airplane Developer<\/p>\n

Wilber Wright \u2014 (1867-1912) \u2014 Airplane Developer<\/p>\n

William Wrigley, Jr. \u2014 (1933-1999) \u2014 Chewing Gum Maker<\/p>\n

William Butler Yeat<\/p>\n

I don’t know who every one is but do know that they are all famous for amazing contributions to society. They also all have\/had ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).<\/p>\n

One day maybe my name will be listed. <\/p>\n

Short attention span, moving a mile a minute are not bad qualities. They are just characteristics that can be misunderstood or even annoying. Yet if embraced and encouraged, if modeled and shaped in positive ways… imagine what can come out of the box!<\/p>\n

Giftedness and greatness that did not fit in a box!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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