| Re: School Violence
Pat...when psychiatrist Thomas Szasz stepped to the fringe of his field in the 1960's he stated, "Psychiatry and the Medical field will medicalize all human problems, attach them to neural circuitry, label them as disorders and pharmecuetically control them." Its a tad strange when here we are in 2008 and we are living his prediction. Our normal state to feel sad is now depression, a childs enthusiasm to play is now ADD, a childs spontaneous love to run, climb and touch his world is now HDD, if your sexual energy wanes oh yes thats a disorder, is your dog or cat looking sad...yes there is prozac for them too. I suppose you didn't know that for every child drugged there is a 500.00 payout to the school board. I suppose you don't know that behind closed doors, schools are labelled..I got sent to what they called, "the garbage pail of the system" and I suppose that you would not know that in college the first family studies class begins with "the family is no longer sacred." For a good read from the New York Best Teacher Of The Year go to the John Gatto site and read his online book. Its right from the heart of a Teacher.
Where does Ritilen start? My grandson just began school two years ago...first accusation, he's hyperactive..you'll have to put him on Ritalen. Second suggestion when there is refusal...need a psychological report in order for him to stay in school. This done I advised my daughter the results do not have to be shared with school. It did not matter that he was normal and quite intelligent..it is the fact that the report is filed that hurts. A two year battle to protect his young growing brain. He is now able to tell us that his first behavior was about not liking leaving home and mom...now he is fine, ready to go to school and those behaviors are gone because leaving home, mom and play is a hard adjustment cycle for young children.
Personally pat, I have lost three family members to the psychiatric and pharmacuetical nightmare going on in our society. I will spare you those nightmares..they are my heartaches and losses in life...no vengence here...just an insightful realization about the whole mess.
peace Mikal  |