We’ve posted many times (Jul. 21, 2004, Mar. 24, 2006, etc.) on the subject of students who angle for extra time on exams through the use of debatable or borderline disability diagnoses, but Mike Cernovich has an anecdote from personal experience (Mar. 15) that should raise the level of alarm. P.S. Here’s more from Boston, where 12 percent of students in the affluent suburb of Wayland are getting accommodations (Ron DePasquale, “More time for SATs a concern”, Boston Globe, Jun. 1).
More time on your law school exams? $95, please
We’ve posted many times (Jul. 21, 2004, Mar. 24, 2006, etc.) on the subject of students who angle for extra time on exams through the use of debatable or borderline disability diagnoses, but Mike Cernovich has an anecdote from personal experience (Mar. 15) that should raise the level of alarm. P.S. Here’s more from Boston, […]
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Posting this comment on behalf of reader “JLW”:
When I was a chief resident, we had a quadraplegic student who was assigned to my service. He was able to roll around in a powered chair but not much else. My position was that I would grade him the same as anyone else. If he did the deliveries and the surgery and passed the tests he would pass. The admin said no, that all he had to do was observe. If medical skill is equal parts mental and manual abilities, and we pass a bright boy with no hands, shouldn’t we make equal accommodation for a very stupid mentally handicapped student with brilliant manual skills? — JLW