Kids Awareness Series

Part 1

Hi!!  My name is Tommy and I am 10 years old!  My mom and dad told me a few weeks ago that I have ADHD.  Whatever that means!!  All I know is that I am in trouble all the time and everybody I know is always yelling at me.  It is not my fault that I am in trouble all the time.  I don’t understand why they are always so mad at me anyway.  My teacher really seems to be mad at me almost every single day.  I don’t think I am all that bad.  Let me tell you about what happened yesterday and you will see what I mean. 

My day started with my mom screaming at me to get out of bed.  So what if I didn’t get up until 7:30 and the bus leaves at 7:40.  She came into my room like four times to get me out of bed and then finally starts screaming at me.  I had to eat breakfast on the bus, because I didn’t have time for my mom to make me breakfast, which really seemed to upset her.  I realized half way to the school that I had forgotten my backpack!!  That means I also wasn’t going to be able to turn in my homework again.  I just don’t get why mom got so mad about that.  Really, I should be the one who is mad because I am failing in a few of my classes.  Gee!!  

When I got to class, my teacher asked for us to turn in our homework and my teacher got really sore with me when I told her that I left my backpack at home.  Her face even turned red when I told her, “it is no big deal, I will just give it to you tomorrow.”  What difference does it make when I turn in my homework.  She asked me to sit down and I walked by Lucas, my friend, in class and thumped him on the head like I always do and she got even madder at me and yelled, “keep your hands to yourself already.” 

MORE ON TOMMY TOMORROW!!

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