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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does a child get extra time if the whole basis of the ACT  test is quick thinking and time management? Do they get like 10 extra minutes or like an hour?

My DD has a class of 79 kids and 23 are on accommodations. That is just ridiculous. I hope they have to disclose they are on accommodations. Do colleges give extra time? Do jobs and bosses give extra time? I mean come on. [/quote]

Neither schools nor ACT/SAT are allowed to disclose accomodations. These kids go on to elite schools where they are once again legally obligated to receive accomodations. [/quote]

And how does this work in the real word?  :roll: [/quote]

In the real world you aren't required to take a test on a time crunch.  You have deadlines and ask for extensions when needed.  That's the real world.  Signed, an high successful adult diagnosed with ADHD[/quote]

You are saying people on Wall Street, lawyers, doctors, business managers, engineers, etc... don’t have time crunches?  They ask for deadlines because they can’t focus all the time?  Yeah, okay. [/quote]

So you [b]are saying a kid who has ADHD and got accommodations would never be able to be a lawyer, doctor, business manager, or engineer?[/b]

The real world is not a timed test for 50 minutes.  In the real world, a person can choose the occupation that suits him or her and that utilizes that person's natural aptitudes.  The real world is not giving the same test to the entire population.  I am sure a very successful lawyer with ADHD who is weak in math would not have chosen a profession in computer science or engineering.  Just as an statistician with ADHD who is weak in memorization would not have chosen a career in law.  My kid has ADHD, although not severe.  He happens to be gifted in math, so I am not worried about his prospects. I have every confidence he will be great at whatever field he chooses, but in the meantime, he will continue to use his accommodations in high school and college.[/quote]

Probably not, no.[/quote]

Someone who has severe ADHD but who is gifted at math would do better to be a Math professor and not an engineer. Engineering is a brutal, on demand, endless task oriented education - that’s probably not a good fit. Math is more about thinking and it’s not necessarily time dependent, especially at the higher levels. There are a LOT of ‘different’ math professors too - as long as your brain works for math you can be and act however you want, people only care about your math skills.[/quote]

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