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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many parents of students with learning disabilities have no idea how much this is being abused among the upper class. I worked at a private school where literally every child who did not meet the grade's targets was referred for evaluation. Parents who pay this much for school simply do not accept children who are not getting A's, and will employ whatever accommodations and medications are necessary until they do. [/quote]

That must be the double-whammy for you -- resentment of rich people PLUS resentment of accommodations for disabilities.
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I see you would like to make this about my feelings but I’d rather make it about the facts: do you believe any child not getting A’s must have a disability? It’s hard to believe until you have interacted with so many parents who believe this.[/quote]

I was commenting on your values, not your feelings.  We have an educational system that turns out thousands of functionally illiterate high school students every year and states choose to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in lawyers fees to avoid their federally mandated obligation to students with disabilities and all you are concerned about is rich parents spending their own money on evaluations because it might give their kid a slight edge.  I don't really care about your problem.  I think it is insignificant in relation to system wide failure to adequately teach children with learning disabilities.[/quote]

I wouldn’t say it’s all I’m concerned about, but it’s relevant experience I have had that is tied to the topic of this thread. What you describe does sound like a systemwide failure, which will require a major investment in public education to fix. I’m afraid you’ve misread my frustrations with this. I’m not mad that kids might get “an edge.” I’m mad that they are giving learning disabilities a bad name by faking them. The more of them do this, in private or public schools, the less likely school systems are to help kids who really need it. [/quote]

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