A lot of my grades were bad. I had a hard time concentrating, fell asleep a lot... easily distracted... Turns out it wasn't because I was lazy (though teachers called me that) it was because I had ADHD.
Of course, I didn't know I had it, I suspected I did, but.. this is Ohio... I'm learning Ohio hates people with disability, sees them as lazy. =3=
But yea.. you had to have good grades in english to take a second language..
There for I wasn't allowed. >:x
I bet... since I was actually INTERESTED in Japanese, I bet my english grades could have gotten better on top of learning a second language. =/
Did you know, a symptom of ADHD is topic hoping.. =w=,
I almost did that here... instead of explaining what I did above, I had typed out crap about ADHD and such.
Anyway: here's a youtube channel I use to learn more about ADHD... it's the reason I asked my current counselor to test me. I remember asking my old counselor back in 2019.. maybe 18 to test me but she said she wasn't qualified...
https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoADHD/videos
There was one set of videos that really helped me understand that the Procrastination issue that comes with ADHD, it isn't because I'm actually lazy.. its a symptom. And apparently forcing someone with ADHD to do something can actually be harmful! You have to let them build themselves up, let them prepare themselves for the task ahead instead of nagging them to get it done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo08uS904Rg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlObsAeFNVk
And the video that made me want to get tested more than ever before, the host of "How To ADHD" she read people's stories of how ADHD affected them, and stuff... and I related to most of what she read. x-x
I watched this and there were probably 2-3 things that I didn't relate to out of this whole video o3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbeeWRcHgN0