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Sitting still and memorizing things is important.
Comment by yeti5000 at 11/01/2020 at 06:49 UTC
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Not memorizing, but learning is. If the student can't sit still long enough to grasp a topic that is too abstract for kinesthetic learning the student either needs a differentiated learning strategy if possible or they may be lagging behaviorally/cognitively OR they could have a mental condition such as ADHD that they will or won't grow out of it as they age. It can be characterized as a delay in Executive function development that is uncharacteristic of the general student population at that age.
And it's unfortunate that delayed Executive function development is super easy to see as "lazy, unprofessional, uncaring, etc".
ADHD isn't a static, ridgid mental condition; it's dynamic and can change with age and therapy AND medication. There's frequently not just one solution to addressing it and it is easy to misdiagnose.
It is also completely real.