DUBAI: As a young boy, Michael never sat still. He never closed his mouth. He was always jumping around. “He’s a boy,” his mum Debbie Phelps said.
Fast forward to 2016. At the Rio Olympic Games, Michael Phelps, now age 31, won his 23rd Olympic gold. His astounding swimming record made him the most decorated Olympian of all time. It did not come easy. At preschool, teachers complained: Michael couldn’t stay quiet, wouldn’t sit at circle time, didn’t keep his hands to himself, was giggling and laughing and nudging kids for attention.
At age 9, in fifth grade, given his lack of focus and fidgety behaviour, Michael was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). To many parents of children with ADHD, Michael Phelps’s story is great news.
different men. the notion that you re going to make an argument to them that is a math-heavy, policy-dense argument, i think is ludicrous. i think it s about the candidates and their reasonableness. does the plan make sense? does it pass the smell test to people watching? in fact, are they able to paint a narrowtive that because of my policies, you at home watching this are going to be better off. and that s the space that the president needs to be in tonight, not into a math debate, not into a debate that you would see between aei and brookings, because i think he s the net loser on that. i think what the president tried to do in the last debate is say, what mitt romney is saying he will do will have this consequence for the deficit, which he says he doesn t want, so then he will have to do something that will hurt you at home. i can t even follow it without the numbers. if you go back and look at the debate, the president gave some pretty detailed answer s o the $5 trillion. he