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"She doesn't try," "She must not want to get good grades," "She's just lazy." That's what my parents and teachers always thought about me. Every time a report came home my mom would give that sigh, that look, and then of course - the speech. "I just don't understand. Why don't you do your homework?" she would ask. "I don't know," I would reply, every time. I wasn't exactly a bad student; I just never did my homework. I always paid attention in class and got good grades on tests. Whenever I did turn in an assignment or project, I aced it. Without regularly turning in my homework, however, my grades were consistently low. My mother never believed me when I said that I "didn't know." The truth is: I didn't. I would sit down and try to do the work, with my book and papers and pens and pencils and everything else that I needed. The work just never got done. I really tried, and I wanted to do well. I hated being the one that never had a paper to pass to the person on my left. I have no idea what went through my mind when I sat down to do the work. Should
"I will now be your psychologist. I am here to help you if you are having a tough time coping with this. We have a number of support groups available..." and so the psychologist rambled on. I was nothing but relieved. So that was it all this time, I thought. I was so happy that there was a reason; that this wasn't just me being lazy all the time... and that nobody had to be confused any more. I started taking medication for ADD as my second year of high school began. Finally, after this had been going on for almost five years, somebody mentioned to my mother that I may have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). In the summer after my freshman year of high school, my mom had me tested. We drove up to Kaiser and entered the psychologist's department where my mom and I both filled out the same, long, questionnaire. After the psychologist analyzed and compared mine to my mother's, she said the words that changed me: "You have ADD." Of course, she was worried that I was crushed and needed somebody to talk to. n't I think about what happened last time I skipped my homework? Shouldn't I remember all the times I got
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, Disorder ADD, Honor Roll, Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit, deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder, medication add, shouldn't remember, attention deficit, honor roll,
Approximate Word count = 765
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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