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[quote=Anonymous]I feel somewhat bad adding this, but it's kind of on topic.

A minority student athlete (who quit shortly after being recruited) who was a good friend of my kid's at a top LAC earned disabled status for anxiety and promptly installed a service animal in his dorm room, a pit bull. This was permitted by the school.

It was discovered shortly thereafter that he was dealing hard drugs out of his room. Because it's a small school with a name it was all covered up, he was only asked to take time off, and he'll still get a chance to complete his degree.

And I want to say that I feel bad adding it because it reinforces negative stereotypes. I had met the young man in question many times, he had even stayed at our home, and I had spoken to him at some length. He said he wanted to transfer because he was having trouble adjusting to the college culture from where he came from, and he just didn't fit in. I was just super sad to hear from my kid and his other friends what had eventually gone on with him. s

I don't think he was a bad kid. But I do think that kids get plucked out of situations and dropped into new ones that they aren't prepared for. In this case, the young man reverted to what he knew. Which was a shame. [/quote]

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