tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7230592092345590469..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I feel a grade change a'comingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1370831509649687452016-07-06T11:29:24.687-04:002016-07-06T11:29:24.687-04:00Wow, I see you learned to substitute fraud for wor...Wow, I see you learned to substitute fraud for work. I hope that this hacker took you for all he or she could. <br />Madame Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777676382203865143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89042704637528362642016-04-25T22:21:47.784-04:002016-04-25T22:21:47.784-04:00If by "they" you mean our Disability Ser...If by "they" you mean our Disability Services office, yeah, they're pretty good. I expect other places do it right, too.<br><br>Here's the basis for my last point: "Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59115889291846643142016-04-24T07:44:15.380-04:002016-04-24T07:44:15.380-04:00Permit me to share my testimony on this platform. ...Permit me to share my testimony on this platform. I didn't do well in my finals.Mike introduced me to some hacker demonteco@outlook.com. lo and behold this guy got me up to a GPA of 3.90. He can change grades also, database hack, clearing of criminal records, credit, bank transfer and all forms of hack Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640094016983623701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38699231570882102782016-04-23T15:42:16.194-04:002016-04-23T15:42:16.194-04:00Ogre, where do you teach? I'd like to work th...Ogre, where do you teach? I'd like to work there. It sounds like they have it together for the most part.<br />Eric Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843385029998374248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64340997077644919712016-04-23T08:00:19.069-04:002016-04-23T08:00:19.069-04:00Cassandra, this is wonderful. Much of it applies a...Cassandra, this is wonderful. Much of it applies also to situations that don't involve disabilities per se, but non-academic factors that transiently or chronically interfere with academic performance. Death of a loved one, financial woes, caring for a relative, etc. are familiar factors. <br /><br />Students sometimes learn when and how to ask for help by suffering consequenses of not havingOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39364759518943633042016-04-22T22:21:48.467-04:002016-04-22T22:21:48.467-04:00At my joint, it is thus:
The accommodation must b...At my joint, it is thus:<br /><br />The accommodation must be reasonable and not alter the fundamental educational function of the assignment, as determined by the ADA coordinator, the course director, and the head of curriculum.<br /><br />Accommodations may not be applied retroactively.<br /><br />Never give an accommodation without paperwork having been properly filed, lest it set the stage Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88469691791860098612016-04-22T12:25:28.238-04:002016-04-22T12:25:28.238-04:00This sounds like what I'm dealing with right n...This sounds like what I'm dealing with right now. I've got two students who, no matter how many times I tell them otherwise, think that emailing me and explaining their various (mental) health problems, and sending the accommodations letter that was first written in September at the beginning of the academic year, is sufficient for being excused from missing the final exam a couple of Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83669238571478596452016-04-22T10:35:02.814-04:002016-04-22T10:35:02.814-04:00This strikes me as a case where following advice f...This strikes me as a case where following advice from your chair and/or disability office is, indeed, crucial, since there are legal issues involved. <br /><br />If it were left up to me, I think I'd do what you're doing/propose to do: insist that the student follow procedure, offer informal accommodations where appropriate (i.e. where you can offer the same to all students), hold the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com