At 8:01 PM 7/8/96, John F. Fricker wrote:

Ever hear of home schooling?

Home schooling has its own set of disadvantages. I've done enough teaching to respect it as a profession, especially when dealing with a small, evolving set of students. I also respect my own limitations.

Seems like if your child needs drugs to go to school than perhaps school is the problem not that your child's body lacks Ritalin.

I tend to agree, but it doesn't make the problem any easier to solve. Another alternative to Ritalin would simply be to let him struggle with school. It worked for me, I guess.

So it happens that I was talking with a fellow Saturday who grew up on Ritalin. He's 36 now and strung out. Life with Ritalin prepared him for drugs, you know. They were natural.

I definitely see that as a risk. Without knowing how his parents and associated medical gurus (if any) were managing the drug, it's hard to tell if the situations are parallel. Life without Ritalin prepared me for a life as a coffee addict, I guess. Rick.