#educational deficit

[1ore]

me and the word stewardship have such a funny relationship because, despite being raised culturally white and ~christian, it is a word i was introduced to exclusively through video games and environmentalism. so my mental image of the words "environmental stewardship" is like. being the vassal of thy lord the pinyon-juniper forest. being a shieldmaiden to a couple of saguaros. being some kind of glochid-encrusted squire. which is very funny but absolutely not a shared understanding

#it feels like managing people more than managing land #but that is the legacy of colonization and interest in environmental outreach/education speaking #a neutral statement with all the pros and cons it entails. #e.g. conservation 'managing' subsistence use to the deficit of everyone human and nonhuman #on the flip side: holding other settlers to task. two roads diverge in a yellow wood etc.

[dykefaggotry]

lots of talk rn about how fucked up the US education system is rn (like "8th graders not knowing the first 7 letters of the alphabet regardless of income/ability" fucked up) w lots of reasons given like covid, lack of parent engagement, "kids these days being lazy", etc. and while i definitely think at least the first two have impact on the situation

mostly i'm just like....... all of these things people are pointing out is problems that low SES teachers & students have been pointing out for decades. these are problems that students have been struggling with for decades in low SES schools. and now that it's applying to rich white kids too people are talking about it. but it has always been a fundamental flaw and issue in our schooling system. and the biggest issue here is, imo, that we are living in late stage capitalism & our school system was NOT built to handle a single thing going on rn. just like it wasn't built for lower-class students to thrive. the problem is now most households and schools are facing the same issues these lower SES households and schools have always faced.

but it's just a little wild bc for years the concerns and problems that teachers and students in lower SES schools have brought up have been routinely ignored and brushed aside and these students just got pushed along and the schools kept getting less funding and no one bothered to try and fix it so now we have a crisis bc it's happening everywhere

#like unfortunately this is what happens when you have large class sizes to a single teacher #when you lack funding #when you stop teaching phonics and only rely on teaching kids sight words #when you do not offer enough parental education and support/after school programs #when you rely on 'no child left behind' and do not bother to catch students up and just push them to the next grade #when no one stops and catches learning deficits early so now you have middle/hs teachers having to teach basics they were not trained to #when you do not pay teachers enough and overwork them and also do not train them on diversity or classroom management #and these are aaaall problems that have been present for decades now. but covid and late stage capitalism have made them everyone's problem #so it's harder to ignore now

[lazygoattea]

the poll almost over.The third diet will definitely win there, so I'll start it today.

bodycheck ♡

I'm sure this is the worst bodycheck of your life.

body parameters:

weight 137.4 lbs/62.4 kg

hips 39.5 in

thigh 24 in

forearm 12 in

waist 25 in

breast 34 in

☆I want to become to inspo for ano girls

#calories #ed not ed sheeran #tw ana fast #disordered eating thoughts #ed bllog #tw ana diary #tw disordered eating #tw ed diet #calorie #body ch3ck #eating disoder trigger warning #disordered eating mention #tw eating issues #education #ed not sheeren #diet #calorie deficit diet #diary #diet and fitness #diet coke #diet plan #low cal diet #weight loss diet #anorexcya #tw ana shit #ana trigger #ana meal #anorex14 #@nor3xia #@nor3×14

[transsexualutopia]

My sex ed opinion is that we can't get anywhere unless we make the queer and intersex sex ed mandatory curricula for all students and I mean every single one, something that they can't opt out of. The mystique has to be removed, children need to be taught about other people so they're not easily led into believing lies about us. The ignorance and shunting us to the corner doesn't only lead to ignorance about ourselves, but more dangerously, ignorance from other people who'll hold power and privilege over us.

#screaming crying throwing up #tired of interacting with people older than me not knowing a damn thing about the people around them... #I've already thought out zines but zines aren't going to fix the education deficit #genuinely at a loss rn #chelposting #sex education needs an overhaul immediately

[aaftaabkoo]

said adhd out loud in my very brown household and both the parents went "what's that" now if this isn't proof enough that these things needs to be taught and made part of formal education then i don't know what is

#the shock on my face when they said what #like #the education system #needs to do better #seriously #desiblr #brown household #asian #adhd #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #it's the way i speculate that i might have it too #please talk more about these things #people need to be educated #desi tumblr

[welcometogrouchland]

Curse is back (<- pre period mood swings)

#ramblings of a lunatic #i started watching kikis delivery service cause i was getting bummed abt the (perceived) deficit of owl show content on my dash rn #and that movies themes of burnout and leaving home always hit but they hit harder when you're in your last year of secondary educated #*education #and preparing to leave home to go to another city soon #BUT i realized that i was like. on the verge of tears in EVERY SCENE like. not even the sad ones (bc this was only the first 20 or so mins) #and THAT'S when i realized its probably a week or so til my period and im getting the same nasty ass moodswing i got last time #at this point I'd prefer the excruciating pain i needed special meds for but it's better now that i know what's wrong #like. last time this happened i just thought i was dying #anyway. hot chocolate and ghibli for the next few days methinks #(also I'm physically holding myself back from making a huntlow kikis delivery service au. it's not even my top brainrot rn leave me alone)

[lildoodlenoodle]

For the people who went to college or higher education, specifically in STEM with ADHD,

How’d you do it?

Cause rn I’m rlly struggling and was just diagnosed, any advice is appreciated! Pls reblog with your stories or advice!

#biology #chemistry #environmental #physics #engineering #student #college #PHD #doctorate #masters #undergraduate #stem #steam #education #advice #help #ADHD #attention deficit disorder (add) #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #autism #learning difficulties #learning disability #learning disorder #depression #anxiety #studying #putting all the tags down #can’t believe I’m sending an sos on tumblr #american education system #american healthcare

[starry-skies-116]

What Is Executive Dysfunction?:

I’m writing this as I have one of the worst executive dysfunction episodes of my life- but I’ve barely enough to get by, thankfully. This is probably going to become a partially ‘ADHD and neurodivergent discussion blog based off of my own experiences dealing with my condition’ because, hey, who can blame me? I’m going into Junior Year of High School, which is exclusively neurotypical and allocishet friendly.

And I’m scared. As hell. And I NEED somewhere to dump my thoughts, so I can FINALLY talk to my school counselor and teachers, and try my damned best to advocate for myself after FINALLY being able to somewhat articulate my condition and slap a label on the suffering that has literally ruined my life at certain points and alienated me from my peers and elders for SO. LONG.

Living in a primarily conservative and traditionalist Indian community that is heavily and tragically uneducated on neurodivergency and having literally everyone around me dismiss my condition as ‘being lazy or unfocused’ is already hard enough as it is. Asian customs of ‘saving face’ ‘honor’ and ‘filial piety’ apply to my region in addition to internalized ableism, humility and queerphobia, and the ‘clan/family’ from which my family is descended from, and though it is common throughout ALL of India and other asian countries, I find it to be more common in South Asia, a coincidentally VERY educationally competitive country and VERY unhealthy environment for even neurotypical students. Everything you do there is literally a test of intelligence, as well as executive function and abled-ness.

Therefore, in my family, school and community, literally all symptoms of neurodivergency are overlooked and dismissed as ‘being lazy and distracted’. And it is mostly because of this that I know not of whether my cousins, parents or other relatives are neurodivergent.

DISCLAIMER, THOUGH: Neurotypical people can also have executive functioning issues from time to time in their daily life, too! It is just that for me, as well as others out there with ADHD, it is frequent and exacerbated by our differing brain structures: it is progress-hindering and literally ruins your life at some points in your life (*cough* middle school for me *cough*).

So, you’ve read the title- what is Executive Dysfunction? Well, to understand that, one must understand executive function and the purpose it serves in functional, typical human beings.

Executive functions are primarily a set of inherent mental skills and cognitive functions present in a typical, average human being (take a healthy human adult as a control group). The eight primary skills present in a human being with working Executive functions are:

Impulse Control, the ability to stop and think before acting (not related to risk assessment in my case).

Self-Monitoring, the ability to view and evaluate oneself (I don’t truly have trouble with this sometimes due to my high self-awareness, yet that is only on VERY few levels).

Emotional Control, the ability to manage emotions to achieve goals and complete tasks (still have EXTREME trouble with this).

Flexibility, the ability to adapt to changing conditions by revising plans or changing strategies (doesn’t come naturally to me due to my shit memory).

Task Initiation, the ability to start and finish tasks without procrastinating upon said tasks (MAJOR problem there, darling- broken dopamine receptors paired with a lack of this has literally RUINED my life on MULTIPLE occasions).

Organization, the ability to develop and use systems to keep track of materials and information (do you wish for an administrative role if you have no problem with this? Then do so).

Working Memory, the ability to use information held in memory to complete a task (NOT to be confused with pattern recognition/sensitivity or conceptual learning from past experience- at least in my case).

Planning and Time Management, the ability to create specific steps to reach a goal (my parents ALWAYS scold me on ‘not planning properly’ all the damn time. This specific function is not impaired, its just that I do things differently in an unorthodox method and order- ‘my way’ if you will).

These functions are all subsumed and regulated by an essential anterior section of the brain known as the frontal lobe. It is through the existence of Executive Functions that the frontal lobe regulates human activities such as consciousness, memory, decision-making, memory, attention, among other roles.

Sound familiar to anyone afflicted with ADHD? It should. What the frontal lobe regulates are the things we struggle with every day: one of the prominent symptoms is our executive function being severely and horribly impaired. Executive Dysfunction, while also showing up in people afflicted with depression, dementia and traumatic brain injuries, primarily shows up in people with Autism or ADHD.

It’s why we feel so goddamn exhausted and burnt out all the time despite having done nothing. It’s why we place something down- the next moment, it’s inexplicably gone from existence and we lose it forever. It’s why what are simple, easy tasks to neurotypicals are actually so hard for neurodivergents. It’s why, even with all the time in the world, we still feel as though there’s not enough because no matter how hard we try, we cannot will ourselves to do things that neurotypical people can patiently slog through so easily. 

It’s why we react faster than we think. It’s why we’re depressed when understimulated and harrowingly anxious when overstimulated- again, broken dopamine receptors; we need tasks and activities that kickstart the production of dopamine. It’s why we can’t process unclear instructions or initiate tasks ourselves, or even pinpoint consequences that should happen instead of a whole pile of possible things that could go wrong.

It’s also why we either have trouble creating routines and planning for difficult busywork, or even feel devastated when our routines somehow are broken by external factors. It’s why we have trouble being aware of social cues or evaluating ourselves. It’s one of the many, many, MANY reasons why we’re called ‘lazy’ or ‘distracted’ or ‘oversensitive’.

It’s why we have to mentally rehearse conversations, meetings and phone calls. It’s why we’re more susceptible to trauma, gaslighting, abuse and manipulation. It’s why adults with ADHD are invalidated and infantilized. It’s why it escalates to the point, if gone untreated, where neurodivergents begin to question their judgement and sanity to the point where they can’t even trust themselves (speaking from past experiences here).

Not having what should be a basic skill and right is damning and pathetic and eternally condemning for us, and neurotypicals with intact executive functioning don’t even realize it.

I searched a long time for the proper term to describe my near-constant exhaustion, struggles with object impermanence and the sheer mental exhaustion that came with ADHD upon trying to live up to neurotypical standards every day before I found this term. Was it depression? Anxiety? Maybe another obscure mental condition I hadn’t heard about?

Turns out depression and anxiety were offshoots of my initial untreated condition, although they have significantly calmed down and became only mild as of now (thanks to masking, some therapy sessions and scolding from my parents that medicine was expensive and that I was ‘living my life wrong’).

So, reminder: If you are experiencing Executive Dysfunction, or if you have ADHD or are neurodivergent in any way… hang in there. Like all things good and bad, this too shall eventually pass, even if not fully. Even with your condition, you’re doing your best, and no one has the right to hold you to neurotypical standards or tell you that you’re just ‘lazy’ or ‘scatterbrained’. 

You’re doing spectacularly, the best that you can, and I’m SO proud of you.

Walk this world with that same pride, alright? There will always be someone out there who believes in you, and I choose to be that person.

#ADHD #ADHD feels #ADHD shit #ADHD problems #ADHD vent #tw vent #vent post #neurodivergent #actually ADHD #tw ableism #Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder #tw angry #tw family issues #tw depression mention #tw intrusive/harmful thoughts #educational post #executive dysfunction

[ketchappu]

ADHD folks I need your help!

So, I lead a workshop for 10yo kids and one of them is probably hyperactive. He can't physically sit down more than 2 minutes, fidgets hard, cant stop talking or making noises, and this sucks for everyone including him because while he likes the workshop it's hard to give him directions and channel his energy while taking care of the other kids as well.

It gets so bad for him that he has a reputation at school, nobody wanted him in their workshops except me and his parents refuse to take him to a doctor for a possible diagnosis.

People who struggled when they were kids, what helped and what do you suggest I do to help him? I planned to allow him to stand up instead of sitting down, give him a fidget toy and maybe even let him do activities related to his passion which is manga. Are these good ideas and do you have any pointers?

#adhd brain #adhd #adhd stuff #neurodivergent #education #adhd hyperactive #neuroatypical #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #hyperactive #undiagnosed adhd #undiagnosed

[mentalhealthinstitute]

Breaking the Stigma About ADHD and Embracing Neurodiversity

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects individuals of all ages. It is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. ADHD has been misunderstood by society, leading to a negative stigma around it. People with ADHD are often misjudged and stereotyped, which can lead to feelings of shame and low self-esteem. In this article, we…

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#acceptance #advocate for change #affects children #Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) #bad parenting #behavior #brain function #celebrate diversity #challenge stigmatizing attitudes #discrimination #diversity of human brains and minds #educate ourselves #environmental factors #executive functioning skills #genetic #hyperactivity #impact of stigma #impulsivity #inattention #inclusivity #lack of discipline #lack of support #lazy #low self-esteem #misconceptions #misjudged #negative stigma #neurodevelopmental disorder #neurodiversity #neurological condition

[babylonbirdmeat]

Me, "Unschooled" 30 year old adult turned into a child pokemon and told I'm going to school: Oh thank fuck I'm getting a second chance

#rutena speaks #EDUCATE ME I'm gonna like trounce the children around me in some subjects #But I can finally work on my deficits

[ohn-jay]

“High school graduate.

An accomplished engineer.

I see nothing wrong.”

- quotes from a father who knows no better to his neurodivergent son.

#adhd #adult diagnosed adhd #attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder #neurodiversesquad #neurodiverse stuff #neurodiversity #education #engineering #engineer #i wish i knew how to get through to my parents #emotionally drained #exhausted #haiku #poetry #poetry from ohn-jay

[benlyon-cybernet]

#dumbamerican #conspiracy #education #fuck the system #american idiot #controlled chaos #social spirit #k 12 schools #adhdawareness #american education #fake news #no duh #attention deficit disorder (add) #5g

[wausaupilot]

Layoffs at Wausau School District approved

The board at a special meeting also approved a 3% raise for employee groups for the 2024-25 school year. Last year’s raise was 5%.

Damakant Jayshi The Wausau School Board on Monday approved laying off at least three employees from the district and re-opening an early retirement option until May 9 as part of an effort to balance the budget, amid a looming shortfall. The board at a special meeting also approved a 3% raise for employee groups for the 2024-25 school year. Last year’s raise was 5%. Wausau School District…

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#operational referendum #Sarah Marie Brock #staff cuts in Wausau school District #Wausau School Board #Wausau School District #Wausau School District budget deficit #WSB Education/Operations Committee

[allkindsofadvocacy]

Tuesday's Children Adoption Spotlight: Sibling Pairs! Pt VI

PD: RR’s logo states ‘Reece’s Rainbow’ across center, w/ signature 3 diagonal brush strokes in blue, pink, & green. Above & below in a circle are the words ‘Special needs adoption support’. Back in July 2018, I began a short series of posts called Tuesday’s Children Adoption Spotlight. Since then, I’ve updated the post featuring listings of sibling groups of 3, as well as the post listing groups…

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#accessible post #adoption advocacy #allergies #amblyopia #Ariel &amp; Gabe #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #available for adoption #available to married couples #available to single dads #available to single moms #available to single parents #cerebral palsy #congenital STD #contractures #cryptorchidism #developmental delay #disability adoption #education #Fetal Alcohol Syndrome #FSP #George &amp; Miles #hypothyroidism #intellectual disability #Irio &amp; Hamilton #Justice &amp; Marley #medical history #Mimi &amp; Micky #older child adoption #older child grant #photo descriptions

[counselorssoapbox]

My Career as an Illiterate Child

Fuzzy Blackboard – Does This Make Sense?Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com My Career as an Illiterate Child By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. My family told me I wasn’t very smart. When I started writing this series of blog posts about my writing journey and how I became a published author, I decided I needed to say a little about my early educational experiences.…

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#creative daydreaming #davidjoelmillerwriter #educational deficits #fiction #learning to read #novels #poor vision affects school work #writing