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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several times teachers have encouraged us to seek an accommodation for one of our kids just because they were sometimes inattentive in class and slow on tests -but they were clearly in the range of normal and generally do quite well in school. Many other parents seemed to jump at the chance to give their kids extra time - I'm stunned by the number of kids we know who get extra time - cannot be a coincidence. The pattern is clear - get your kids extra time, have them take the ACT where that really matters. These kids are getting 34+ and into Top 50 schools with this strategy. I'm not that bothered by this because nothing in college admissions is "fair" - this is a drop in the bucket, but I'm stunned at the rationalization and lack of self-awareness I've seen from other families about how they are using the system. As my kid is struggling through test prep and learning to go faster to get the score they need, I'm telling myself I'm doing the right thing by my kid by encouraging them to learn to compensate for a weakness that will help them in the future.  [/quote]

I feel badly for your kid. The teachers recognize the disability but the parents are in denial. Sad. [/quote]

DP. Oh please! There’s a no disability there. Arguably there does come a point when you need to game the system if everyone else is. But I feel the same as PP - how is my kid ever going to learn to push himself and focus if he never has any timed anything?[/quote]
You are either the same poster, or have no experience with disability.

Also, I don't believe the person who initially said this. Also, I think someone is repeatedly posting to try to push anti-accommodation narrative for political purposes. This thread has so much bias and many of these anti-accommodations  posts read like propaganda. [/quote]

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