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special help for special people WAS attention deficit



My friend the biology teacher is giving an oral exam - Name the parts of the
cell, and explain their function in ONE MINUTE"

Non-native english speakers get a somewhat longer minute than do the native
english speakers.

Special circumstances get special attention, but the special circumstances
must NOT be due to laziness, poor planning or any such poor excuse.

At 12:22 PM 12/5/96 -0500, you wrote:
Students at the College who claim learning disabilities must provide
external testing evidence to document the specific nature of the disability.
The accomodation (if any) is tailored to that specific case, and may range
from giving extra time to having the exam given under supervision in another
venue. This is coordinated by a professional staff person (Learning
Disabilities Coordinator) which relieves the faculty of making uninformed
decisions in these cases.


George Spagna **********************************************
Department of Physics * *
Randolph-Macon College * "Because Mathematicians frequently make *
P.O. Box 5005 * use of Time, they ought to have a *
Ashland, VA 23005-5505 * distinct Idea of the meaning of that *
* Word, otherwise they are Quacks ... " *
phone: (804) 752-7344 * - Isaac Barrow *
FAX: (804) 752-4724 * *
e-mail: gspagna@rmc.edu **********************************************
URL: www.rmc.edu/~gspagna/gspagna.html



Richard M. Langer
Physics Teacher
Gateway High School,
5101 McRee Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
rlanger@dtd1.slps.k12.mo.us