Of children ages 12-17,
This data is national, but as you can imagine, there are some schools with fewer diagnoses, and some like the one I mentioned where it’s the norm.
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Yes, what isn’t right is that it’s an upper class private middle school full of wealthy parents with access to psychiatrists who are financially motivated to provide a fashionable diagnosis.
It’s also a way to get extra time (accommodations) on standardized tests (time and a half or even double time) which further widens the success gap between rich and poor students.
According to the administration at a school I’m familiar with, at least 50% of the 5th grade class has ADHD.
So, not having ADHD is the disorder.
I love animals. That is what we are. What I do not love is this pervasive delusion that all human animals are people. They are not.
The transcendental values that separate people from the other animals are not universally instantiated. Some humans are cruel. They do not care about what is true or moral. They are not subhuman. In many ways, they’re only human, their potential personhood vitiated by a lack moral and intellectual agency.
To be clear, anyone who endorses this view is not a person. At best, they’re a human animal, and at worst they’re rabid.
You are not. Hasan is a very particular kind of evil to which most people are either blind or indifferent.
It’s grifters only from now on. The nihilists have won. You shall kneel at the altar of celebrity for your twitch sponsored lobotomy and you will like it. Comment and subscribe.
Average reactions to Beto were closer to mine. He lost fairly badly. Like I said, his anti-gun stance was too strong. Analogously, veganism is morally superior to carnivory, but a vegan isn’t going to win Texas.
The world is on fire. Human civilization is ending. I could not care less about culture war crap.
50% of the country is fake Christians. Talarico knows how to talk to them. The guy is in actuality what the GOP pretends to be. He could single-handedly upset the entire status quo with enough airtime. Every time I hear him speak I’m impressed.
Beto was never viable (anti-guns, doesn’t know how to talk about religion). I also found him repulsively fake.
Talarico is an authentic, sincere left wing Christian. He’s a threat to the entire Republican order. If he says he’s not progressive it’s to distance himself from pronoun weirdos.
He’s Bernie Sanders for Christians. Which is why both parties want him to lose.
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I love Crocket but there’s a reason CBS blocked Talarico’s interview from airing. The guy represents the only actual threat the Texas GOP has faced in 3 decades. He knows how to talk to Christians. I’ve personally never seen anything like it in all my years.
No, let’s pick the most polarizing figure we can find and try to win Texas that way.
Talarico is the furthest thing from a coward. Every clip of him is awesome. I wouldn’t be surprised if the GOP are voting against him in the primary because he can actually talk to Texans.
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That’s what happens when the rejection of basic moral and empirical facts becomes a political platform. Everything becomes political.
Like this: “my political platform is that 1+1=3” Now every scientific claim is political.
Yes, very.