Re:Dropping the Sat Requirement Is a Luxury Belief
by faeriechangling on Sunday March 05, 2023 @07:40PM
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>A person cannot have a learning disability and be below average in intelligence by definition.
Very aware of this, which essentially means that learning disabilities are a privilege for kids who are ALREADY ADVANTAGED over the other students, and yet a child with a 120IQ and dysgraphia gets to take 50% more time on their test than a kid with 80IQ basically without question, and if they press the issue they can probably get double time. That's the entire issue.
You know, because that's fair. It's an "accommodation" for a student who has already gotten higher grades than another student to one day be pulled into a doctors office, have it explained that they have this horrible problem, and now get 50% more time on tests than somebody they were already a solid grade point ahead of, a child who statistically we can predict will live their entire lives with higher socioeconomic status and higher quality of life already! Such EQUITY! It's so reflective of the real world too where if you take twice as long to finish work as another employee after being accommodated, your employer will pat you on the back and say "Attaboy!"
Very aware of this, which essentially means that learning disabilities are a privilege for kids who are ALREADY ADVANTAGED over the other students, and yet a child with a 120IQ and dysgraphia gets to take 50% more time on their test than a kid with 80IQ basically without question, and if they press the issue they can probably get double time. That's the entire issue.
You know, because that's fair. It's an "accommodation" for a student who has already gotten higher grades than another student to one day be pulled into a doctors office, have it explained that they have this horrible problem, and now get 50% more time on tests than somebody they were already a solid grade point ahead of, a child who statistically we can predict will live their entire lives with higher socioeconomic status and higher quality of life already! Such EQUITY! It's so reflective of the real world too where if you take twice as long to finish work as another employee after being accommodated, your employer will pat you on the back and say "Attaboy!"