http://drlindasblog.com/underachiever/ DrLindasBlog.com is all about parents and kids, packed with up-to-date information for helping your child with school success. Linda Silbert, Ph.D., an education specialist, covers everything from reading to test preparation, from ADHD to homework. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://drlindasblog.com/underachiever/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Gus Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:29:33 +0000 http://drlindasblog.com/?p=194#comment-99 I am a kid who has gotten bad grades since I was in 5th grade, and all my teachers told my mother in conferences how incredibly well I was able of doing. I always thought it was just something they said to all the kid's parents who did crappy in school, but they've said it to my mother year after year as I pull through every semester with C's and D's. Honestly, I believe that the reason I do so bad in school is because school doesn't attend to my needs well enough. I go to school and have to ask when I want to take a piss, can't wear a hat, and I'm treated like I imagine criminals in federal prison are treated. (Of course I realize that I'm being extreme, but you get the point, right?). Anyway, I've found that in the workforce I do a lot better. I work 72 hour weeks and never miss a day of work. I just want to keep working and living at home to save my money up, then I'm going to start writing. School just isn't that important to build real knowledge, not for me at least. School is a place for the kids who are going to do the jobs that make the infrastructure of America. I believe that I am needed in some other realm of work, a kind that you can't learn in school. I am a kid who has gotten bad grades since I was in 5th grade, and all my teachers told my mother in conferences how incredibly well I was able of doing. I always thought it was just something they said to all the kid's parents who did crappy in school, but they've said it to my mother year after year as I pull through every semester with C's and D's. Honestly, I believe that the reason I do so bad in school is because school doesn't attend to my needs well enough. I go to school and have to ask when I want to take a piss, can't wear a hat, and I'm treated like I imagine criminals in federal prison are treated. (Of course I realize that I'm being extreme, but you get the point, right?). Anyway, I've found that in the workforce I do a lot better. I work 72 hour weeks and never miss a day of work. I just want to keep working and living at home to save my money up, then I'm going to start writing. School just isn't that important to build real knowledge, not for me at least. School is a place for the kids who are going to do the jobs that make the infrastructure of America. I believe that I am needed in some other realm of work, a kind that you can't learn in school.

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