It is well documented that many people who have learning difficulties go on to be very successful. But is their success despite their difficulties? Or is it because of their ADHD?
Could it be that they feel they need to prove themselves more than most people? There’s no bigger incentive in my opinion, to prove people wrong after being told you’re useless at something. I pulled out all the stops to prove someone wrong because they had embarrassed me in front of my classmates.
My history teacher Mrs Harris, told me in front of thirty other kids, that I’d never pass History ‘O’ Level at sixteen, and that I’d be a loser all my life! So I studied hard, and I could just about remember all the information, as long as my memory was jogged by being given the titles of each section. So I had to cheat in my history exam, by having the names of battles of treaties on price stickers on the inside of my hand. I still only scraped through with a C though, because I couldn’t write fast enough. I’m still working on the second part of what she said!
Richard Branson is famously dyslexic, and yet was an entrepeneur at school, selling Christmas trees. Well it beats Geography! As stated in the ‘Tonight’ Programme about The Dore Programme 2002, a UK government report says 70% of all criminals were found to have learning difficulties, so it is possible that sufferers can go one way or the other; great success or complete failure. Well I’ve tried the failure part, and I’m a bit bored with that now. And anyway, I still need to prove Mrs Harris wrong!
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