Was it normal to do this as a child?

[FaffingChampion]

Do you remember having lessons where everyone took it in turns to read a page aloud from the same book?

If so, we’re you able to follow along at the pace of the person reading, or did you find yourself involuntarily tuning out the person reading and reading ahead at your own pace?

I’m trying to get an ADHD diagnosis and am sifting through childhood experiences trying to figure out what’s normal and what isn’t.

YABU - this is a totally typical thing for children to do
YANBU - no, I never did this or I did this and am/suspect I am neuro divergent

I read ahead and sometimes got excited by the next section and would really hope I would be selected to read it. If I was lucky I did and then was criticised for reading too fast out loud and making mistakes as my mouth couldn't keep up with my reading brain.

Not linked to this but I have recently wondered about myself and ADHD....

Totally normal thing to do!

I used to hate this at school as it seemed to take forever to get the story out. We had to follow at the speed of whoever was reading as we weren’t given a page each. Teacher would stop the reader at a random paragraph and say someone’s name to follow on. You never knew which bit you were going to read.

Im assuming that it was to make sure everyone was following. Also didn’t help that I although a very good reader hated speaking in front of class and would sit there thinking “please don’t pick me” then if I did get picked would stumble on my words as I was so bloody nervous so it made me look like I couldn’t read coherently!
For this reason I never really took in what was being read.

I was actually ok reading to the teacher one on one, just not to an audience of 30.
But left to my own devices I could finish a book in record speed. Was always at the school library looking for another book!

I used to read ahead - and then get in trouble for not knowing where in the book we were. But I'm a huge and v quick reader, which meant I was spectacularly bored if I didn't!

Yes we took turns, and I might have read ahead to see if there were any hard to pronounce words in my bit! But otherwise just read along.

Yes always read ahead as well

I don't think I ever read ahead, I don't remember ever doing it. I was good at reading but never have been a reader though, perhaps that's why.

Yes they did that at my school. I read ahead. I don't have ADHD I'm just a fast reader.