Buy A, Fake A, Shop Around For A Learning Disorder - Comments

Wowza.

Haven't heard anything like this ever. Takes cheating to a whole different level, lol.

Very well written, although it did take me a while to figure out the article title.

I never thought someone would do this! Thanks for writing this. It was very well written.

Woah. I never knew that this stuff happened.
Thanks for the eye-opening article.

Good article, I love your point and it's extremely well written. Kudos!

Good article, though the title of the piece was a bit confusing to figure out at first.

You'd have to be pretty lame to fake a learning disorder.

... Either that or just really desperate. And if you were that desperate, it's a pretty big sign they're a hard worker and that they really want the chance to get into Uni or something.

This needs to be taken care of now. People who fake a learning disorder clearly have no confidence in their own abilitys to get things done. If they feel that they need to pretend to have ADHD or something, fine whatever, but that is no excuse to take a scholorship for a learning disorder away from someone who actually does have one.

This is horrible. I takes the light away from those who actually have learning disorders.

I've read a few articles about private schools staff (guidance counselors/teachers) coaching students on doing things like faking disorders to get more test time on state testing (SATs and such) as well as coaching students on how to trcik their doctor into prescribing them ADHD medication, which can help them study and absorb more of the work. There's even cases of wealthy parents being able to pay off doctors and psychiatrist into selling them these medications for their children. It's really a shame that so many kids not only can't compete with the "better schooling" that children at private schools benefit from (smaller classes, more experienced teachers, more resources for the schools), but now there's also this. A whole new level of cheating that, another 'benefit' only provided to the wealthy.