Thanks for the link and info, Lil. You raise a great point about learning styles that I'm sure isn't even on the radar for a lot of people, teachers and school administrators included. I know from my own experience that I learned much better in an interactive setting than with a straight lecture format.
One of my favorite teachers was my sophomore English teacher who was interesting, dynamic and extremely motivating. I love to read, but found many of the required English classics completely unappealing. I frequently resorted to Cliff's notes because for me reading those books was akin to watching water boil. I just could not get through them.
I must have told her that I had a hard time with them because she suggested several that I might enjoy, one of which was Jane Eyre. I LOVED that book. (But don't ask me about the plot because I can't remember. LOL ) I was so motivated by her classes that that year I actually read every assigned book and got something out of each one. As I recall we spent a lot of time dicussing topics in class and she stimulated us to THINK rather than just forcing us to LISTEN.
Also, Lil, I've read about some overlap between women with ADD symptoms and HSP characteristics. As you know, sensory information can be very distracting to an HSP, so sometimes what seem like ADD symptoms are really a reaction to intense stimuli. Bottom line is that I don't believe that "ADD" is the whole story for me. I see it as one part of the story.
