1. I have never killed anybody.
2. My name is Donald Mackenzie Love
... priorities, right?...
I won't say that I "suffer" from what society has labelled as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder [ADHD], it seems to be everyone around me who gets annoyed by the way my brain works. I personally love my humorous, creative, intelligent and all together unique perspective of things. If anyone is suffering it's those who lack the ability to accept whatever differences we all have amongst each other in this world. You worry about you, I'm doing just fine thanks.
The main focus of this blog is its lack of focus. To start out I am hoping to change people's perception of what ADHD really is. In the world right now, particularly in North America, there is an "ADHD Epidemic" which most of us are unaware of. I use quotations because the validity of this idea is broadly debated amongst citizens of all personal, social and professional statuses.
ADHD is labelled as a disorder when, in reality, it is just a misunderstanding of an individual's unique mental operating system. These are children and adults whose minds are driven by parts of their brain that don't seem to match up with the work or content of material they are being asked to focus on. Like every individual on this planet, certain compartments of their brain are more active than others, in some cases this works against the individual and, as society sees it, is so unnatural and psychologically unhealthy that it is considered a mental disorder.
Sir Ken Robinson,PhD, explains to us what has happened over the last couple centuries to produce such a poor view of minds that work in this fashion and what needs to happen to erase this negative connotation which has been developed entirely by society. The speech highlights the educational system as a major contributor to the stigma surrounding ADHD and those who are "unfortunate enough to have the disorder". All of this is cleverly done with the assistance of hand drawn images which, in detail, explain everything he says. This makes it easy to follow and is entertaining for anyone who may become disinterested quickly if it were just a 63 year old man on a stage with a snooty English accent shooting out multi-syllable words like t-shirt's at a sporting event.
FYI: I wrote all of the above without looking away once, how do you like them apples?
Now don't go thinking that all my posts will be informative videos or overly studious articles because they most definitely will not be.
I graduated from Humber College's Comedic Writing & Performance program in 2010 and am currently working on completing the Advertising program at Sheridan College, with my heart set on a career in the creative field of the industry and my bank account set on multiple commas. I'm not sure how I will be able to achieve success in these regards but I wholeheartedly intend on working hard and having fun to do so.
Perhaps in my next post I will touch more on my personal interests and past experiences, allowing you to understand me a little bit better as a person. I just thought I would start by posting this video to hopefully shine new light on an issue that is very much current and relevant and that has also become a major part of my life. We can't expect everyone to be on the same page, especially on a topic like this, but at the very least we can open our minds to new ideas and understand that there are more ways to see things than what our own eyes and minds allow us to see.
At heart I'm an entertainer. If the most pertinent component of the video turns out to be the quality of the drawings, it is better that way than if nothing were to relate at all.
Just remember; anything and everything in this world is subject to change. Respect that.
- Donald Mackenzie Love
You can learn more from Sir Ken Robinson at his website:
http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/
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