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> Is there not more to life than gaming university applications? No. A lot of parents are getting their kids phony medical diagnostics just so they can get ex
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> Is there not more to life than gaming university applications?
No.
A lot of parents are getting their kids phony medical diagnostics just so they can get extra time on exams. [0]
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2019/03/16/fake-learning-disabilities-and-the-tyranny-of-testing-time/?sh=605e7ded7bbf https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2019/03/16/fake-lea...
- TuringNYC 5y agoUniversity applications have such a compounding effect on things the rest of your life that paid-gaming of university admissions might well be the highest ROI investment for many wealthy.
- drekipus 5y ago> University applications have such a compounding effect on things the rest of your life does it? I'm not in the US, so I wouldn't know.
- lowbloodsugar 5y agoBut also please be aware that some of them aren't phony.
- flir 5y agoThat kid a few years back who fed buckets of soil bacteria on plastic waste and selected for the buckets that ate the waste best was pretty cool. I really hope that wasn't fake.
- 908B64B197 5y agoMost of them aren’t. And a lot go undiagnosed as well because the parents don’t care/are ashamed/don’t know how to navigate the system.