I was at the kids soccer (I mean, "football", as it's know over here) practice the other day, and noticed a couple of unruly children, one of which actually kicked his mom's shins. In a state of disbelief, she offered up an excuse for him - "he has ADD, it's ok..." she muttered are she limped off to her lawn chair.
Attention Deficit Disorder? This is an excuse for being an asshole?
Which got me thinking...the most disruptive students in my kid's classes are referred to as having something called "ass-burger's syndrome"...which means they are super-smart (standardized tests say so!), but can't cope with a "structured learning environment"...which is ok, because once you enter the workforce, there will be LOTS of employers waiting to have you crap in your hand and fling it across the office in the name of your "genius".
This leads me to my point: apparently, we can now differentiate between stupid assholes (ADD) and smart assholes (ass-burger). Glad about that, because I was still referring to them with the oh-so-90's term of "dyslexic" that was so popular back then...
Next Week's Topic: "Peanut Allergy: Just Who Invented It and Why Didn't it Exist Until 10 Years Ago?"
