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The dyslexic kids who get into Ivy League Schools usually don't get in because they are getting more time for... [MORE] |
kim Houser |
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I am working with an MD who is dyslexic, Garth Vaz @ www.gvazmd.com, to advocate for untimed tests. Dr. Vaz... [MORE] |
Leslie N |
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My son was an LD student and also was a D-F student until beginning his junior year of high school... [MORE] |
Bill |
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Sir, It is people like you who make comments like this that really sets the fairness scale of children and adults... [MORE] |
Christine Graffer |
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Wow Christine!! You took the words right out of my mouth. I have the exact same situation where my oldest... [MORE] |
Pamela |
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There should be no time limit on any test unless time and pressure are part of what is being evaluated;... [MORE] |
Ken O'Connor |
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Sure, at first blush it doesn't seem fair... But, I'm sure if the author thought about it, she wouldn't wan't... [MORE] |
Maria |
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things are going to be harere this year. I have received a few of these articles this summer through professional... [MORE] |
syd |
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The percentages at many of these New York private schools are approaching 25%. Miss Paxton pointed out that half the... [MORE] |
Karen |
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25% seems a rather high percentage, and makes me wonder if the people asking "who gets extra time" are actually... [MORE] |
Gretchen |
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Miss Paxton obviously is not aware that learning disabilities are not an indicator of lower intelligence. Just because one student... [MORE] |
Christine |
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The article doesn't mention intelligence in relation to learning disabilities, but what is the factor in rating intelligence if it... [MORE] |
Jill Richardson |
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When a student with a learning disability is given the accommodation of extra time for test taking, this is simply... [MORE] |
NANCY SIMONETTI |
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This student shows a total lack of understanding regarding disabilities. The reason why students with disabilities can finally compete for... [MORE] |
Betsy Smith |
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I know the student, and she is going to an Ivy League school (haven gotten there entirely on her own... [MORE] |
close friend |
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As a High School special education teacher I was shocked to read this article. For several years, I have had... [MORE] |
Beth |
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A a specialist in learning disorders, I too am greatly disappointed by the ignorant comments in this article. By... [MORE] |
jan kerr |
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I am sorry that Miss Paxton feels that the situation is unfair, but I presume she is uninformed. As someone... [MORE] |
Doreen Engel |
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Research has shown multiple times that the use of extra time is not valuable to the student who does not... [MORE] |
mary b. |
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Gentlemen: Accomodations for the SAT and ACT are given for verified learning disabilities for which the student has already received accomodations... [MORE] |
Pat O'Brien |
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Barbara questioned the idea of overdiagnosing. I'm sure that in some cases this is true. Since you asked the question... [MORE] |
Linda |
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Linda's statement that "It's the attitude. If it isn't a problem for me why should it be a problem for... [MORE] |
Barbara Wilson |
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Because LDs have a genetic component, as does ADHD and certain other exceptionalities, they can run in families. In my family,... [MORE] |
Gretchen |
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The first remark that really is most inaccurate is said almost at the beginning of this article...in that if a... [MORE] |
julie |
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extra time should be eliminated. students with extra time and learning disabilities at Ivy League schools should be expelled, and... [MORE] |
angry father |
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The presence of a learning disability in a student does not mean that the student is not a "smart person."... [MORE] |
Lee |
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It is too bad that you don't understand that to have a specific learning disability a student must have at... [MORE] |
LeeAnn |
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LeeAnn, do you honestly think that every student with extra time has a legitimate learning disability? The 3-4% record is... |
Barbara Wilson |
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One must, as others have commented, have at least an average IQ to be LD. There are people who are LD... [MORE] |
Gretchen |
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As a dyslexia therapist in a public school and the parent of three children with ADHD and Dyslexia, one also... [MORE] |
Linda Neal |
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Ms Neal, that's quite an assumption you are making. Miss Paxton might have a learning disability and choose not to... [MORE] |
Jill Richardson |
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I totally agree with Linda Neal in that everyone should have untimed tests. If the research shows that there is... [MORE] |
Carreme |
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Please try to understand that the problem that dyslexic people have is how they process information. Having extra time just... [MORE] |
Christine Graffer |
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I wish when I took the SAT test I had to opertoonty to have a comdtion I tooking in the... [MORE] |
Kurt |
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