Profgrrrl on annoying students:
My take on people who are failing is that some may well have disabilities, but others are lazy, disenfranchised, unmotivated. I've experienced students (back when I taught undergrads most of the time; my grad students tend to not do this) who perform poorly on an assessment and then try to tell you they have a disability and need more time. BUT they don't have a documented disability. I want to be sympathetic, but I'm only required to accommodate those with letters from the Office of Disabilities. How can I, someone without expertise in this area, based on a post-assignment conversation with a student who isn't happy with his grade make a valid judgment about whether or not this student needs accommodations? If the student knows he has a disability, why isn't there documentation?
This reminds me somehow of Doug Kern's whine--"engineering doesn't give easy A's! I'll quit!"
This version is, "I can't help it!" LDBlog showed me the way. .I met Profgrrl at Blogher
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