Writing a Future With ADHD

I started school as the smartest kid in the class, which is not something I’d recommend. When I landed in first grade already knowing how to read like a pro, my teacher — a well-intentioned but lazy woman who smoked like a chimney in our classroom during recess — would have me read out loud to the rest of the kids during storytime.

Needless to say, my role as class smarty-pants didn’t gain me a lot of friends. But…