Jill Biden Isn’t a Real Doctor, Neither Are Teachers — Stop Playing Doctor – Opinion

We were called to a parent-teacher conference with our second grader by my wife. We walked into the classroom and sat in front of our son’s teacher. It was straight to the point. Our son was having some problems and our family was called in to help.

Teacher: “I think your son needs to be medicated. I think he has ADD.”

I was calm, and I asked for a medical explanation.  Yeah, that’s not true – I was seething. As I turned to my wife, she saw that this was about to turn south. And fast. My leg was being squeezed by her hand and she shook my head. This is the universal signal for a wife to stop talking. It was obvious that she would handle the situation with greater skill than I. However, I needed to ask one question.

Me: “Oh, really,” I said. “ADD? ADD — You’ve diagnosed our 7-year-old with ADD. What medical school did you attend?”

The teacher was leaning back in her chair like I’d stunned her with a Taser. From that point on, my wife took over the speaking duties.

Wife: “So, what makes you think he has ADD?”

Teacher: “Well, he’s really active and disruptive.”

Wife: “How so?”

Teacher: “He’s constantly moving in his seat – moving his legs, moving his feet up and down.”

Wife: “Is that it?”

Teacher: “No, he flicks his pencil in his hand. Moves it back and forth.”

Wife: “Huh. Okay, does he bother any of the other children; does he touch anyone or disrupt anyone else?”

Teacher: “Well no, but it’s really disruptive and annoying.”

Wife: “So he moves a lot in his chair and flicks his pencil but doesn’t bother any of the children, but he bothers you. Sounds like he’s a boy and this is a you problem.”

They came up with a solution. His task was to assist a child with learning difficulties. This was an unprofessional chore and should have been left to an adult. He and another student were both assigned different classes in third grade. He didn’t have ADD — he never did. The teacher wanted to treat an active boy.

In California, students were bribed with pizzas and jabbed without a parent’s consent. Instead of dispensing crayons and paper, LASD teachers are dispensing medical advice — this time it’s not identifying ADD rather, telling children that they should get vaxxed.

I’m vaccinated. Also, my wife. When our children were of school age, we never hesitated to fully vaccinate our children but this process of jabbing children without a parent’s ok and then pulling them aside to provide opinions on a vaccine sure looks and feels like medical advice, and it’s wrong.

Regardless of what Whoopi Goldberg thinks, educators like Jill Biden — even those who demand to be called “Doctor” — are not MDs. The best teachers should teach only what they’re trained to. It is time for teachers to stop being doctors.