tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post8127484101813627901..comments2024-02-02T15:48:05.775-06:00Comments on Stinkbumps the Wonder Boy!: Not Much to ReportJenn-Jenn, the Mother Henhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01850119465505660438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-9602486801130122562008-01-02T21:17:00.000-06:002008-01-02T21:17:00.000-06:00Okay, (wait...am I allowed to nag you about not po...Okay, (wait...am I allowed to nag you about not posting?)annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621915642420308973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-23264913249330721952007-12-20T19:45:00.000-06:002007-12-20T19:45:00.000-06:00How old is Jamie? He's 9, right? All kidding asi...How old is Jamie? He's 9, right? All kidding aside: try some comic books. I know that seems like "kid stuff," but the Silver Age books I grew up reading (Fantastic Four, Avengers, etc.) had more complicated reading than many of the textbooks I now require my college students to purchase. Find a superhero/heroine he likes, then find your local comic shop and pick up a few issues. I can make some suggestions if you let me know what he's interested in. The use of the graphic arts format might help fill in some of what he's "missing" from the text alone...but along the way, he IS reading the text.Animalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011608269211715910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-86828600944248139752007-12-19T14:59:00.000-06:002007-12-19T14:59:00.000-06:00Actually, he usually does try to figure out what l...Actually, he usually does try to figure out what license plates "mean" when we're sitting stuck in traffic. Like, the other day we were behind somebody whose license plate # was YTNRDY and...<BR/><BR/>Just kidding. That wasn't the number, it was just some random string of letters and numbers, and he was trying to figure out what it "meant". You mean to tell me my kid acts like you? I'm doomed! LOL. Just kidding. You know that, right? Right? Becca? Hello? :-)Jenn-Jenn, the Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850119465505660438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-47745329952891138292007-12-19T14:47:00.000-06:002007-12-19T14:47:00.000-06:00Oh, I do that, too! The guessing the word, I mean...Oh, I do that, too! The guessing the word, I mean. I don't know why. It's how I read signs from a great distance--I can make out a couple letters and an overall chance, and probabilistically fill in what the word should based on that data. It's highly accurate, but not always.<BR/><BR/>Interesting. Now, if you tell me he looks at license plates and finds meaning in the patterns (words, phrases, ideas), I'll get a little freaked.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573195570934029465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-7879053805554268672007-12-19T13:47:00.000-06:002007-12-19T13:47:00.000-06:00What Jamie does when he reads is, he just glances ...What Jamie does when he reads is, he just glances at words, and guesses what the word is based on the first two or three letters. It's like he's in a race or something with himself. But I do agree it has something to do with his particular manifestation of his ADHD. So far as what, I don't know. I just know the school can't (i.e., won't) help him anymore than they currently are.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the sharing, though. I appreciate it!Jenn-Jenn, the Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850119465505660438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166489.post-16964808131941604322007-12-19T12:34:00.000-06:002007-12-19T12:34:00.000-06:00This may not apply in the slightest, but...When I ...This may not apply in the slightest, but...<BR/><BR/>When I was in school, I usually got high marks for reading, went to higher classrooms for it, and had a great vocabulary. I sucked at reading comprehension. I could read a passage in class (where everybody took turns) and not be able to tell you what had just happened. It wasn't that I couldn't read, it was the concentration factor. I still have it. If I'm not interested, I can't keep my mind focused on it. My eyes go through the motions and I'm reading, but my brain is doing other things and suddenly, I'm a few pages ahead with no clue what the characters are talking about--then I have to start over.<BR/><BR/>I only mention it because it's one the things I deal with from having ADD, and it takes real effort even today to stay focused and grasp what I need to know. Perhaps that could be a problem Jamie is having? Not that he can't read or comprehend what he's reading, but that the classroom stuff is boring and his mind wanders?Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573195570934029465noreply@blogger.com