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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want employees who can do the job in the alotted time. I want to know who cant before I hire them.[/quote]

Same.  I'm scared for what the workforce is going to look like in 5-7 years when these young people enter the real working world with deadlines and structure that can't bend to their needs.

My teen son is the ONLY boy on his soccer team without an ADD/ADHD diagnosis.  When I was his age, there was maybe 3-5 kids in my whole grade who had been diagnosed with those.

Things I overhear during the games "getting Tucker's diagnosis has been such a blessing.  His grades have really improved since the accommodations have gone into place.  It can be a pain to work around the extra time he's given for the tests, but it's so worth it in the end."  "Same for Josh.  We're having Emily retested next month as we didn't like the outcome from our first visit."  "You should definitely try Dr. Smith if you don't get a favorable outcome this time.  He's very understanding of situations like this."

Literally openly talking about gaming the system.  Wishing for their kids to be diagnosed with a disability to get extra test time!?  Insanity!

Every kid could do just as well on tests if they were also given 90 mins to 2 hours instead of 45-60 minutes.  Not only that, but my son has told me how his friends who get to go to the testing center cheat because the room proctor doesn't walk the room.

The fact that next year my kid will be looking at colleges alongside these extra time having cheaters is infuriating.  Colleges absolutely need to know which students received accommodations during their academic careers and which did not.          [/quote]

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