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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly - what is the harm of accommodations?    What is one single example of an accommodated kid gaining an unfair advantage?  I am asking this and my kids are accommodation free.   These kids may not fit into the box they are dealt with but this has nothing to do with intellect, ideas or ability to innovate.  Sure - perhaps there are some careers where they may not be properly suited but that’s between them and their employer. [/quote]

Obviously, with more time they could out-perform their peers who have to stick to the time limit. [/quote]

Accomodations may also include having another student tasked with taking notes for them.  The students who get these work-study jobs are often A students -- so this student gets perfect notes taken by an A student while your B plus student gets notes they took themselves.  And if the student is too depressed or anxious (or tired or hungover) to go to class, they still get perfect notes taken by an A student.[/quote]

I was a note-taker in college. If I do say so myself, I take excellent notes. My notes didn't have some magic pixie dust on them that meant the students I provided them for go automatic As. The students who got my notes still had to study and understand the material, they had to be able to turn my notes into actual knowledge inside their own heads.

But aside from that, were you never part of study groups? I thought being paid to be a note-taker was awesome because I already was giving my notes away for free to anyone who asked and my study groups. Thank you to the students who went to the trouble of getting the disability office to make this a thing! I got through undergrad on work-study, and note-taking was by far the easiest work-study job I had.[/quote]

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