I'm a 85 year old man. Back in the 30's in middle school I began to fail in most of my subjects. The teachers couldn't figuret it out so they gave me a IQ test. This just raised more questions since I had a high score,(133). I failed in every subject except Science,(A+) and shop,(B-) If I wasn't interested it would slip right past my grid of conscientious. But if it interests me I soak up the knowledge like a sponge.
Long tail short I left school with a grade school education. As I needed the knowledge I taught myself and have done very well in life. It wasn't till I was much older did I learn about Attention Deficit Disorder that I realized what was wrong with me. What helped is that I loved to read and my house has over 1000 hard backed books and every one read. It took me a long time to find out what was wrong and I thought I'd share this with someone who like me. Has wondered all these years. ADD can be beat. I know because I beat it. Thanks for listening, Tom aka The Speedster