The quickly shifting focus. The boundless energy. The attention to all things at all times. These attributes may frustrate a teacher and a student in the classroom. Out on the open seas, they may just save your life.
I also knew this: What we consider a disability in the classroom is actually a benefit in some real-world situations; learning to sail is one of them.
Over the next few days, as students were put through their paces, I saw this student come into his own on the schooner. Without technology to distract him, and with so much physical work to do — not to mention the ship’s imposed structure — he became a star of the sailing program. No matter where he was posted on the schooner, he was always scanning for other vessels, for land, for weather, and even for fellow students or crew members who may need help with a task.
Education through exhaustion is a model I believe in. Most teenagers thrive in settings where they are challenged to invest hard work and long days. Teens with ADHD, in particular, channel their abundant energy and quick-change focus toward productive ends.Being outside in nature, working your body, sharing a common goal, and seeing the product of your hard work is intrinsically motivating — ADHD or not.
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