Response to April 21st's Oral Presentations

Lauren's presentation on ADD and ADHD is probably one of the most controversial of today. Not only are there plenty of mis-diagnoses but there are plenty real cases of it as well. I would like to see her discuss how the mis-diagnoses not only take away from the children who are actually struggling with the disease but also the effects of the drugs on those mis-diagnoses. It would be really interesting to see the effects on both those real cases and the ones who don't need the drugs.

Malika's presentation is another huge controversy of today. Many Americans are not education on current events around the world. I'm not so sure this is completely the teacher's fault though. Some students needs to take it upon themselves to maybe read a paper or watch the news once in awhile even if it is just "The Daily Show" or "The Colbert Report". After all, adults do not have the schooling that we do, and for them to be educated on current events the have to take it upon themselves. Maybe Malika could discuss the amount of news available to the students who may or not be knowledgeable on the subject.

On the holistic vs. Waldorf education I would like to see post schooling studies. You can't tell much from the studies during schooling. If you look at the kids in their college or post college life that is how you tell if their education foundation was better.