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I show up, hyperfocus, do an incredible job, get a raise, then lose the entirety of my reputation by not doing anything.
Now I’m teaching, and it’s hitting my mom friend override a little- I don’t do the work because I have to, but because the students deserve to learn. But it’s also new, so that might change
I'm doing long term training on specialist engineering stuff ... to be honest, getting to teach the same stuff to different people really helps keep things fresh (at least for me)
That’s reassuring :)
My sister has much more severe ADHD, but also way better coping skills than I do (our AUDHD mom was a special education teacher who instilled really helpful habits in her, but died before I was old enough to do the same with), and she’s a great teacher, so I hope it’ll work like that for me as well.
Actually, basically everyone in my family is a teacher, lol. Maybe that is the answer.
Yeah, my mother is autistic too, and she was a teacher