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<blockquote data-quote="Imhotepthewise" data-source="post: 344512" data-attributes="member: 976">I was a school mushroom.&nbsp; I was always &quot;there&quot; but never &quot;there&quot;.&nbsp; I made it by on personality.&nbsp; There was no quality.&nbsp; My work was sloppy and incomplete, if there at all.&nbsp; No organization, no organization, no math skills, no hope.&nbsp; I was &quot;not working to my potential&quot;.&nbsp; That was the '70s.What I had was ADHD.Enter the Navy, go to school, still no great success.&nbsp; Squeak by on good behavior.Sitting there in the barracks one day absentmindedly drawing in my sketchbook a scaly dragon, the guy on watch says &quot;that's neat.&nbsp; Do you play D&amp;D?&quot;.&nbsp; The long story short is I played D&amp;D every spare moment from that time for a year and a respectable amount of time since then.&nbsp; My imagination would not allow me to sit as a player; I was DMing from nearly from the start.From a woeful high school transcript to a college degree with honors.&nbsp; The organization, writing and math skills, and quality of work I attribute to learning to play roleplaying games.&nbsp; It focused my interest like nothing else before.I have a 15 year old son who plays, I have seen how RPGs have focused him enough to make the same improvements.&nbsp; He is an Eagle Scout and a reasonably good student.Behind medication, for imaginative and bright children, RPGs are proven therapy for ADHD. IMHO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imhotepthewise, post: 344512, member: 976"] I was a school mushroom. I was always "there" but never "there". I made it by on personality. There was no quality. My work was sloppy and incomplete, if there at all. No organization, no organization, no math skills, no hope. I was "not working to my potential". That was the '70s. What I had was ADHD. Enter the Navy, go to school, still no great success. Squeak by on good behavior. Sitting there in the barracks one day absentmindedly drawing in my sketchbook a scaly dragon, the guy on watch says "that's neat. Do you play D&D?". The long story short is I played D&D every spare moment from that time for a year and a respectable amount of time since then. My imagination would not allow me to sit as a player; I was DMing from nearly from the start. From a woeful high school transcript to a college degree with honors. The organization, writing and math skills, and quality of work I attribute to learning to play roleplaying games. It focused my interest like nothing else before. I have a 15 year old son who plays, I have seen how RPGs have focused him enough to make the same improvements. He is an Eagle Scout and a reasonably good student. Behind medication, for imaginative and bright children, RPGs are proven therapy for ADHD. IMHO. [/QUOTE]

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