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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-bend-the-rules-for-more-students-give-them-extra-help-1527154200

“At Pomona, 22% of students were considered disabled this year, up from 5% in 2014. Other elite schools have also seen a startling jump in disabilities, according to data from the federal government and from the schools. At Hampshire, Amherst and Smith colleges in Massachusetts and Yeshiva University in New York, one in five students are classified as disabled. At Oberlin College in Ohio, it is one in four. At Marlboro College in Vermont, it is one in three.”

I’m sorry, but this is disgraceful. It’s one thing if you are legally blind, [b]but anxiety or ADHD[/b] should not be grounds for giving someone twice the time to take an exam. It’s unfair to the more humble students who are less inclined to take advantage of what should be reserved for people are are truly in-need. [/quote]

Says someone who doesn't suffer from either.

I wouldn't wish even a mild anxiety attack on someone I hate.

Also, these aren't students who just show up to class and tell the professor they have a disability to get more time or other accommodations.  They have documented proof.  So I don't know WTF you mean by "more humble students less inclined to take advantage."  It's not like it's a B1G1 deal that they're just missing out on because they don't have the initial $5 to buy-in.  Geeze.

I wish I didn't have to wake every morning and take 150mg of Zoloft in order to function like a halfway 'normal' human.  I wish I didn't always walk into every situation/experience and immediately look for the fastest escape routes in case I have an attack and need to flee.  I wish in the back of my mind there wasn't always the looming 'oh, what if this causes a panic attack?' about every little thing I did.  I also wish that back when I was diagnosed with anxiety attacks in college, there wouldn't have been so much shame attached to it so I could have sought help in my classes.  I rushed through so many tests just to flee the lecture hall while having an attack.

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