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So far, it's just been this one preceptor, everyone else I've had as a preceptor has been really awsome (some even remembered me from EMT and EMT-I days). I normally have my textbooks and homework to do, so I'm not just sitting around staring at the television. I don't expect to be coddled during the shift, I'm there to learn how to do what it is we do. The only way for me to learn is to get my hands dirty by doing it. No, I possess nowhere near the amount of information that my preceptors do (thats why I'm still a student), but don't treat me like a complete idiot either! I'm not the enemy here! If being a preceptor and having students on your shift bothers you THAT much, maybe you should remove yourself from the preceptor program and being an adjunct instructor.....

Good since it is not a disease at all! Don't worry it is hard to offend us! You are however doing a good job of showing your ignorance. ADD/ADHD has been a medical diagnosis since the 1930's. That point aside, how the hell can you say it was not a problem in the past? Were you there? WAS it a perhaps a problem that was swept under the carpet? AIDS was not internationally recognized as a true diagnosis until the early 80's, do you really think that was the first case? No... ADHD is not "overstimulation", your thinking of cocaine. It is not poor diet or high sugar either, we call that diabetes. Get a clue You want to have a discussion about how our diet and media influence mankind, I am all for it (just ask me about growth hormones in meat). But you ma'am do NOT get to discredit or minimize a true medical diagnosis that makes life extremely difficult for hundreds of thounsands of people in an attempt to feed your own complex.