Back to School for GrownUps

Heard an interesting conversation re: the use of drugs such as ritalin by students …. the debate was over whether using them to get better grades was the same - as in cheating - as using performance enhancing drugs in sports.

I found it interesting not only because people were so split on the topic… but also because I really hadn’t considered that they might raise one’s grades. Not enough to matter, anyway.

It is no secret that I have attention issues (no comment needed, Tamara) … but I have always managed to do quite well without benefit of medication … Ross has suggested several times that I need his drugs more than he does - and he is quite possibly right….. but I have found ways to cope, and to force myself to pay attention … or to make up for it when I can’t/don’t. Have I been missing out?

Maybe I have…but I think I shall continue to do so, at least for the time being.

I do miss notetaking though …that was my main way of reining in my wandering at Laurentian…I signed up to be the official note-taker for any of those with learning disabilities in my classes…which meant that I had to force myself to pay attention… or at least, when I did drift off, to be motivated to get back to it sooner… it worked for me, most of the time.

At Trent, most of my classes are only 2 hours long instead of 3… that helps.

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