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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son and his friends (incoming college sophomores) all just got home from college for the summer. This is the kid who complained for years about us not sending him to a particular DR to get diagnosed with ADD since “just about all of his friends” were diagnosed with this (and “he has it much worse”) and his friends got unlimited test taking time.

Interestingly, the kids shared that all their friends (except for one kid) who had special accommodations in high school (always an IEP for ADD), have dropped out of college during/after freshman year. They said their friends could not hack it because they were not given the same accommodations in college.

The kids dropped out of some of the most well-known/expensive colleges across the US... He thinks there are at least 20 of these kids from his large HS who dropped out. According to him, the only “special accommodation” kid who could handle it is at a small, private college. The rest are either now working or attending community college. I thought this was interesting and I thought of this thread... BTW all these “special accommodation” kids are from upper middle class/wealthy families with highly educated parents.

I pressed him to admit that maybe his parents were actually right in making him complete HS and earn his college spot the traditional way (with fixed test-time limits and non-negotiable homework deadlines) and he ever so slightly nodded his head in agreement.... small victories. :D[/quote]

I am not buying it because the parents who are willing to pay to get their kid extra time also make sure their kid gets extra time at college. They are also the parents who will continue to pay for tutors for their college aged kids. They will look and see what classes have take home work instead of tests and then get someone to "help" write their kids' assignments. This isn't knew. I had a roommate at UCLA freshman year who called her dad's secretary/ admin assistant so the secretary could write her reports. She also told me the secretary read some of her assignments and completed work for her. Her father ran his own very successful company and it was a given the secretary/ admin assist. was to help with his kids school work. The secretary/ admin assistant was paid very well and had graduated from a very good school. She was trying to break into the business the father ran, so I guess she was willing to put up with it. [/quote]

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