i had a conversation with my boss about this yesterday he said he thought all college students should prepare themselves to be able to take online classes anyways as only lab classes really need in-person classes i told him that it is impossible for me to take online classes and he couldnt understand i basically was told i just needed to learn how to do it i explained to him that ive failed nearly every online course id ever taken and until i found a school that worked for me my college transcripts were full of two grades as and fs depending on whether the class worked for me he didnt understand and treated it like some kind of moral failing on my part and on the part of those like me  i understand why he cant understand hes normally a fairly sympathetic guy but the idea that some people out there are categorically different in subtle ways is hard to get people to understand i myself didnt believe in adhd as an incurable condition 12-months ago but im still uneasy about speaking frankly about it and attempting to help people understand