Abuse of "disability" status to get more time on finals Forum

[MrPapagiorgio]

Which would necessitate many more students to fail than under the current letter grade system. Intriguing idea though.

No it doesn't.

Or have grades, no curve, but have no disclosure policy like Wharton does, and HBS used to have.

Or we can just sit around, sing kumbaya and smoke peyote for 3 years.

[dingbat]

This thread is proof that the curve deprives people of their humanity.

This is very true. I want to be graded on my merits, not on everyone else's merits

When someone is hiring you based on those grades, it's effectively curved no matter what. Strict Pass/ Fail is the only option.

I disagree.
I like the math/hard science approach of X% right is an A, Y% is a B, etc
I understand law is more subjective, but if it's possible to grade quality in a Comparative Literature dissertation it's possible to do the same for a law school exam.

[keg411]

This thread is proof that the curve deprives people of their humanity.

This is very true. I want to be graded on my merits, not on everyone else's merits

When someone is hiring you based on those grades, it's effectively curved no matter what. Strict Pass/ Fail is the only option.

I disagree.
I like the math/hard science approach of X% right is an A, Y% is a B, etc
I understand law is more subjective, but if it's possible to grade quality in a Comparative Literature dissertation it's possible to do the same for a law school exam.

Well, get used to being at the mercy the curve, because you have no other choice. Either that or pick a different career.

[MrPapagiorgio]

Well, get used to being at the mercy the curve, because you have no other choice. Either that or pick a different career.

+1. Just like in life, somebody wins, somebody loses.

[Sapientia]

Is it legitimate to request more exam time for being an aspie?

[dingbat]

Well, get used to being at the mercy the curve, because you have no other choice. Either that or pick a different career.

+1. Just like in life, somebody wins, somebody loses.

I'm ready

In life, it doesn't have to be that way.
Sometimes more can be achieved by working together than by working against each other
(growing thè pie bigger, rather than fighting for the biggest piece of a small pie)

[09042014]

This thread is proof that the curve deprives people of their humanity.

This is very true. I want to be graded on my merits, not on everyone else's merits

When someone is hiring you based on those grades, it's effectively curved no matter what. Strict Pass/ Fail is the only option.

I disagree.
I like the math/hard science approach of X% right is an A, Y% is a B, etc
I understand law is more subjective, but if it's possible to grade quality in a Comparative Literature dissertation it's possible to do the same for a law school exam.

Most math and science courses in college are curved, at least at good schools. Because what X% = A Y%=B is totally arbitrary. The only way to tell what % is an A is by judging relative to their peers.

And the classes who don't curve just create a test that automatically curves based on what they know how people normally do. But it's still a curve.

What does an A law school exam even look like. Who the fuck knows.

[dresden doll]

This thread is proof that the curve deprives people of their humanity.

This is very true. I want to be graded on my merits, not on everyone else's merits

I wouldn't go to law school then, disabilities accomodation notwithstanding.

[IAFG]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this thread started to talk about people who are ABUSING the system and claiming they have a disability when they don't?

There were about 3 posts on that actual topic and now there have been 3 pages on whether or not people who ACTUALLY HAVE the disability should receive extra time on their exams. What does the latter have anything to do with the OP's question?

haha, why does this seem to happen ALL THE TIME on here!

I don't know how this could turn into anything other than a witch hunt. And I find the assumption that some significant number of people are successfully scamming their healthcare professionals and school administrators a little strange.

[dresden doll]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this thread started to talk about people who are ABUSING the system and claiming they have a disability when they don't?

There were about 3 posts on that actual topic and now there have been 3 pages on whether or not people who ACTUALLY HAVE the disability should receive extra time on their exams. What does the latter have anything to do with the OP's question?

haha, why does this seem to happen ALL THE TIME on here!

I don't know how this could turn into anything other than a witch hunt. And I find the assumption that some significant number of people are successfully scamming their healthcare professionals and school administrators a little strange.

Also, I don't remember OP providing any concrete reason to support the notion that people were ABUSING the system. Threads like these are always an implicit invitation for witch hunting.

[DocHawkeye]

I'm not saying that the mentally disabled should be disregarded, I just think that there are certain jobs they might be less suited for

Don't get me wrong, I think most people with mental illness are perfectly capable of functioning in society, but not in every function (the same way that a deaf person can't compose a symphony blind person should not drive a truck)

I feel compelled to point out that the most often played symphony in the history of Western music was, in fact written by a deaf person. Beethoven gradually lost his hearing as a young adult, probably due to acute lead poisoning. About the time his hearing loss became complete he wrote his Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, the most often played piece of classical music on National Public Radio.

[Sapientia]

Is it legitimate to request more exam time for being an aspie?

[dingbat]

I'm not saying that the mentally disabled should be disregarded, I just think that there are certain jobs they might be less suited for

Don't get me wrong, I think most people with mental illness are perfectly capable of functioning in society, but not in every function (the same way that a deaf person can't compose a symphony blind person should not drive a truck)

I feel compelled to point out that the most often played symphony in the history of Western music was, in fact written by a deaf person. Beethoven gradually lost his hearing as a young adult, probably due to acute lead poisoning. About the time his hearing loss became complete he wrote his Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, the most often played piece of classical music on National Public Radio.

I know, that's why I put in the reference like that
People can overcome their disabilities.

[Sandro]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this thread started to talk about people who are ABUSING the system and claiming they have a disability when they don't?

There were about 3 posts on that actual topic and now there have been 3 pages on whether or not people who ACTUALLY HAVE the disability should receive extra time on their exams. What does the latter have anything to do with the OP's question?

haha, why does this seem to happen ALL THE TIME on here!

Werd. Reason #2243424 why law students are insufferable - a topic about people abusing disability status calls them into action to defend disability status as a whole and arguing that the hypothetical person you describe is not in fact abusing it. Right.

[IAFG]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this thread started to talk about people who are ABUSING the system and claiming they have a disability when they don't?

There were about 3 posts on that actual topic and now there have been 3 pages on whether or not people who ACTUALLY HAVE the disability should receive extra time on their exams. What does the latter have anything to do with the OP's question?

haha, why does this seem to happen ALL THE TIME on here!

Werd. Reason #2243424 why law students are insufferable - a topic about people abusing disability status calls them into action to defend disability status as a whole and arguing that the hypothetical person you describe is not in fact abusing it. Right.

I think I explained pretty thoroughly why this always happens.

[Mike12188]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this thread started to talk about people who are ABUSING the system and claiming they have a disability when they don't?

There were about 3 posts on that actual topic and now there have been 3 pages on whether or not people who ACTUALLY HAVE the disability should receive extra time on their exams. What does the latter have anything to do with the OP's question?

haha, why does this seem to happen ALL THE TIME on here!

They prob. didn't have enough time to read the title.

[tedler]

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[dingbat]

I'm not saying that the mentally disabled should be disregarded, I just think that there are certain jobs they might be less suited for

Don't get me wrong, I think most people with mental illness are perfectly capable of functioning in society, but not in every function (the same way that a deaf person can't compose a symphony blind person should not drive a truck)

I feel compelled to point out that the most often played symphony in the history of Western music was, in fact written by a deaf person. Beethoven gradually lost his hearing as a young adult, probably due to acute lead poisoning. About the time his hearing loss became complete he wrote his Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, the most often played piece of classical music on National Public Radio.

I actually prefer the 9th. By the time it premiered, he had been completely deaf for a number of years

[Julio_El_Chavo]

It will catch up to these people eventually. It always does.

[serdog]

It will catch up to these people eventually. It always does.

Agreed, it grounds for disbarment, in the end fakers will be found out and those who need it will either sink or swim

[LOLyer]

You obviously don't have a "learning disability" if you're in law school. That's stupid; I'd be pissed.

[sunynp]

You obviously don't have a "learning disability" if you're in law school. That's stupid; I'd be pissed.

You are wrong - does being blind count as a learning disability? There are blind people in law school. You don't seem to know much about even basic disability law.

[Mike12188]

You obviously don't have a "learning disability" if you're in law school. That's stupid; I'd be pissed.

You are wrong - does being blind count as a learning disability? There are blind people in law school. You don't seem to know much about even basic disability law.

No thats a seeing disability . You know nobody on here is talking about handicaps but rather bullshit add and that stuff. And besides it'd be pretty fucking hard for someone to abuse blindness to gain more time on tests. That would take some shady fucking doctors and some serious commitment.

[waxecstatic]

I've heard of people getting extra time for the LSAT due to having ADD, and I think for many people who take the LSAT, time is a big reason they don't score as high. You get time and a half per section.

In law school, would having extra time necessarily help? I don't think the more you write, necessarily the better, and if you don't know enough about something, then unless you can access materials, which you can't, then it's not going to make a difference. You may even do worse depending on the grading.

[cinephile]

In law school, would having extra time necessarily help? I don't think the more you write, necessarily the better, and if you don't know enough about something, then unless you can access materials, which you can't, then it's not going to make a difference. You may even do worse depending on the grading.

Plenty of exams are open book, so you could actually access the materials. But even if you couldn't, more time is generally better as there's always tons of issues within a fact pattern and you have to catch them all and argue both ways and analyze it in depth in the time allowed - which is basically impossible. Like I had a professor this semester who said her exam is out of 200 points, but in past years, an A exam was 60 points. Her fact pattern was 7 pages. It takes so much time to read and analyze the facts, let alone write coherently about it.