28 July 2010, 10:42 am
I have AD/HD. And, it's not so terrible, except... i have trouble reading. Sometimes i will stare at a page for over ten minutes, reading it over and over but not absorbing any of the information. This varies depending on what I'm reading. For instance, I couldn't read Twilight, I had to listen to the audio books (I'm an audio-visual learner)... I had trouble studying for history... However I read the short first few books of the Cirque du Freak series in about a week, maybe two. And now I'm trying to learn how to drive. I've got the driving part down, but i'll stare at the manual wishing that they had audio tapes of it somewhere, or videos. (I'm from the state of Massachusetts and am taking their driver's exam.) Listen, I'm not dumb or anything. It's just hard for me to sit through some reading material. And now my step-mom is really getting on my case, making me feel like a total loser for not having finished reading the DMV book we got a month ago. Because appearantly it was a breeze for her. Between reading the manual and writing my college essay (Mid-Summer vacation - _ -") we've come to an "agreement" that I should have both done by this Sunday. I'm REALLY stressing out. Any ideas? (Please be kind, I'm not looking for trouble.)... Read More »
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