Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 02, 2011
November 01, 2011
November 03, 2011
Transcript:
Ray: Man! How could I forget my first class? B.D.: Don't worry. I'll get you there? Ray: I really don't want to mess up. I had to talk the professor into letting me audit... it's been so long since I've been in a classroom. B.D.: What's the course on? Ray: Um... math, history. Something like that. B.D.: Ray. How's the concentration?
I know what Ray means. I have ADD (attention deficit disorder), and have always had it. It made school hell. If Ray has it, in addition to everything else that’s plaguing him, maybe there’s some hope for him at the college level. (College less of a hell than grades 1-12, and graduate level education was also less of a hell.) With help, a student can cope with it. The rest of his “stuff”? The PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)? I can’t say.