It depends on where you work and where you are located. I think journalism can be a great career for the right person - I was a newspaper reporter for almost 10 years. Sadly many of these jobs wouldn’t work unless the only thing we mean by ADD is someone who is very creative and hyper focused under pressure. The best job for someone who suffers from true ADD is one where they aren’t required to sit in front of a computer all day, work in an office, write and get things done in a timely organized manner, or be efficient, disciplined, and punctual. A dozen breaks, video games, movies, nap and more naps are just a common daily routine for someone who tries to start their home based business. For 15 years I have tried to get off the ground with some sort of successful online business but mental paralysis, procrastination, boredom, disorganization, exhaustion almost always gets in the way. In order to start a successful home based business or become a successful entrepreneur a person with ADD needs to get past mental paralysis and procrastination. Two of the items on this list especially wouldn’t work for someone with true ADD. Yet when I see them work they type quickly, accurately, are organized, punctual etc. It irks me when I see uber successful people tell me that they have ADD (self diagnosed cause they can’t sit still for more than 5 minutes). In fact about half of the items on this list aren’t good for people with ADD. Two components that someone with true ADD does not have. A journalist needs to be organized and punctual. Journalist?! Seriously? How could someone with true ADD become a journalist when they need to write quickly, efficiently and in a timely manner. If you like some aspects of teaching, but not the lesson planning and the paperwork, and you can supplement your income, it can be a great job, and there’s a shortage of great subs pretty much everywhere I’m sure.
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I miss having my own room and my own structure, but I love setting my own work schedule (up to a point, obviously you have to work with what’s available) and being free to pursue other things, too. My symptoms were worse and getting re-certified was a nightmare, but even though the pay is significantly less and there’s no benefits, I decided I prefer subbing. It was tough in the beginning, especially before we had decent a curriculum to work with, but once that was in place, I had a lot of fun creating my own world between arranging the schedule and lesson planning. I went back to school to become a teacher because I just couldn’t handle the tedium of corporate life. Falling onto the overly-empathetic side of ADHD, there were times when this was just soul-crushing. It was apparent what was happening at home, but there was little than can be done (mandatory reporting limitations…). One of the greatest challenges I faced was teaching in a rural area with high poverty and drug use rates. A well-administrated, well-regulated, supportive school would be a great find for any teacher, but I question how easy they are to find. I found larger institutions with a well-developed set of procedures easiest to function in many of the smaller institutions had politicking and gossip, something I could not manage well, and they tended to procedurally inconsistent (not everyone was treated the same – lots of “winging it”). Add in constant staff and administration turnover and all the associated changes, and it became unbearable.
Some of my experiences were positive, but in the public schools, I felt there was little room for creativity, I was always pressed for time, and there was too much pressure to hit some contrived corporate standard.
I’ve taught in 3 different states – universities, colleges, high school, and subbed at every level. Personally, I have found general teenage angst, emotional randomness, and emotional neediness, to be very demanding on my executive functioning – too many triggers. Where have you taught? I think this may be a significant factor in the success of a teacher with an executive functioning impairment.
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