Bogan Parents and ADHD: A guide for Teachers

I came across thingsboganslike.com a few weeks ago and have been trawling it for many a laugh.  For the uninitiated the Bogan is an Aussie term for a 'Redneck' or 'Feral' or just a general 'Yobbo. 

I found this great article written about parents, teachers and ADHD.  I think every teacher could see many home truths in what is being said here.

read it for yourself and let us know what you think about it. 

The bogan’s desire for glory manifests itself in many different ways. There’s the uninformed gambling, the process of getting huge, the killing of things, and so much more. All of this glory-hunting takes up significant slices of the bogan’s time, so the bogan is prone to taking shortcuts on other things to ensure that it can fit in the viewing of a Twenty/Twenty cricket game before going to the pub to watch a cover band butcher “Sex on Fire”. One of the things that regularly get short-changed by the bogan is the adequate raising of its children.

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