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My parents are full-time foster carers of disturbed and damaged children. They currently have an 11 year old who has pretty severe ADHD, and yes, when they took him to an amusement park, they took advantage of the queue-jump system.
Why? Because the rides have queues for hours. He physically CANNOT stand there doing nothing for hours. he can barely manage it for minutes. And it isn't HIM who would be bothered by his incessant talking, twitching, pacing, prodding, shacking, rattling or whatever. it's all the poor people who are forced to stand near him in the queue. And believe me, after a few minutes of it, you'd be more than happy to let him take a place ahead of you if it meant he would go away from you.
How is it fair to keep him at home and deny him a treat for good school results [his whole class got taken to the amusement park for good test results]? He is brain damaged. So that means he can't have fun and live a normal life?
He is perfectly 'controlled'. He is not a bad child, wouldn't hurt anyone, wouldn't attack anyone or steal anything. He does what he's told and tries his hardest to be good. He's just BLOODY annoying, despite the drugs he's on to calm him down.
As for 'they'll have to wait at some point', I totally agree. this is very true. and we work very hard to lengthen the time he can wait and to say no when appropriate and to put delays on things to teach him more about time management. But those queues are LONG. not uncommon to wait two or three hours. And we'd rather teach him those things in a safe, private home environment than force him to break down into a sobbing twitching heap in the middle of a crowded area.
REAL ADHD is very dramatic. it's more than just being a bit impatient or a bit excitable. It's permanent brain damage and a real disability. Would you force someone on crutches to stand and hobble the whole two hours through the queue?
YES, it seems unfair to the healthy kids. but LIFE has been unfair to the disabled kids, give them a fucking break.
Why? Because the rides have queues for hours. He physically CANNOT stand there doing nothing for hours. he can barely manage it for minutes. And it isn't HIM who would be bothered by his incessant talking, twitching, pacing, prodding, shacking, rattling or whatever. it's all the poor people who are forced to stand near him in the queue. And believe me, after a few minutes of it, you'd be more than happy to let him take a place ahead of you if it meant he would go away from you.
How is it fair to keep him at home and deny him a treat for good school results [his whole class got taken to the amusement park for good test results]? He is brain damaged. So that means he can't have fun and live a normal life?
He is perfectly 'controlled'. He is not a bad child, wouldn't hurt anyone, wouldn't attack anyone or steal anything. He does what he's told and tries his hardest to be good. He's just BLOODY annoying, despite the drugs he's on to calm him down.
As for 'they'll have to wait at some point', I totally agree. this is very true. and we work very hard to lengthen the time he can wait and to say no when appropriate and to put delays on things to teach him more about time management. But those queues are LONG. not uncommon to wait two or three hours. And we'd rather teach him those things in a safe, private home environment than force him to break down into a sobbing twitching heap in the middle of a crowded area.
REAL ADHD is very dramatic. it's more than just being a bit impatient or a bit excitable. It's permanent brain damage and a real disability. Would you force someone on crutches to stand and hobble the whole two hours through the queue?
YES, it seems unfair to the healthy kids. but LIFE has been unfair to the disabled kids, give them a fucking break.
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I'm currently taking a History of Medicine course so this is pretty interesting, though there are a lot of simplifications!
For example, bloodletting wasn't just performed as a cure for disease, but was undertaken regularly a couple of times a year by healthy people, in order to stave off illness.
And it wasn't just plague victims who were encouraged to confess to cure themselves. EVERYONE was. It was thought that all disease was a direct punishment from God, so to cure ANYTHING, you had to cleanse your soul. Your body would not heal if your soul was still poisoned.
Ancient Greek theories of medicine were the strongest ideas in the field right up to the 18th century and beyond. They placed a huge emphasis on the importance of diet, lifestyle and exercise, environment, excretions, and even your emotional state.
For example, bloodletting wasn't just performed as a cure for disease, but was undertaken regularly a couple of times a year by healthy people, in order to stave off illness.
And it wasn't just plague victims who were encouraged to confess to cure themselves. EVERYONE was. It was thought that all disease was a direct punishment from God, so to cure ANYTHING, you had to cleanse your soul. Your body would not heal if your soul was still poisoned.
Ancient Greek theories of medicine were the strongest ideas in the field right up to the 18th century and beyond. They placed a huge emphasis on the importance of diet, lifestyle and exercise, environment, excretions, and even your emotional state.
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It's lucky to SEE a black cat crossing your path (because then you won't trip up over it in the dark)
But it's unlucky for a black cat to cross your path if you DON'T see it (because you might fall over it in the dark!)
Ladders are obvious - things can fall on you, the whole ladder could slip and fall, etc.
Opening umbrellas inside, obvious again, a folded umbrella is a relatively small/compact object and it can be difficult to estimate its spread once opened. If you do this inside, the vanes can knock items off shelves or poke people. Best to do it with more space!
Putting (new) shoes on the table - clearly shoes on food-preparation surfaces is a bad idea, new or otherwise!
Even 'superstitions' (I use the word VERY broadly) such as Muslims not eating pork have common-sense backgrounds. In desert countries, before fridges were invented, food goes off very quickly. Pork, in particular, goes bad VERY fast. So many people got sick from it that a full blanket ban was imposed, along with the ultimate explanation/warning "God said so".
In fact, a lot of Islamic traditions make a lot of sense. Don't drink alcohol - it makes you do stupid things and ruins your body in excess.
Five times a day, every day, you have to take time off work (enforced breaks for labourers!), go somewhere with other people (being social!), wash your hands and your feet (cleanliness!) and stand up, kneel down, bend down, get up several times in succession (light exercise, for everyone, several times a day, every day!)
Such an excellent pattern of healthy behaviour for everyone! Admittedly, the "god says so" argument is wearing thin these days in an increasingly secular world, but the actual ACTS of having rests, being social, washing and exercising can only be good for people.