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In this age and day of electronics he should just revise that policy.

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Originally Posted by Androidpk

In this age and day of electronics he should just revise that policy.

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And have everyone play solitaire while he's trying to teach?

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I'm just curious what would have been acceptable for him to say? I'm not being a smart ass here, I'm genuinely curious. He can't just say "No one can bring laptops to class, except Victoria" and leave it at that, can you imagine the rumors that would start flying? Or if he just said no laptops period then everyone sees you break out a laptop and figure it's okay so they too get their laptop out?

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No, he should have said, "no one can bring laptops to class except those with letters from AccessAbility allowing them to."

Her confidentiality would have been secured then, don'tcha see??

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

And have everyone play solitaire while he's trying to teach?

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No?



Gemstone.

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Originally Posted by Tisket

I would have outed you too. Sorry but your temporary embarrassment would be much more acceptable than a roomful of students resentful over the perceived preferential treatment one student receives.

I have not read further than your post so if someone already pointed that out...huzzah.

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I identify student accommodations for similar reasons. I wouldn't have said it was "because of a disability" but it'd destroy my class's respect for me if I didn't explain why some students get extra test time, for instance.

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Originally Posted by Tisket

No, he should have said, "no one can bring laptops to class except those with letters from AccessAbility allowing them to."

Her confidentiality would have been secured then, don'tcha see??

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Why didn't I think of that?

Disadvantage + Advantage does not = Advantage. -1+1 does not equal 1. It equals zero, and balance is restored.

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Originally Posted by Warriorbird

I identify student accommodations for similar reasons. I wouldn't have said it was "because of a disability" but it'd destroy my class's respect for me if I didn't explain why some students get extra test time, for instance.

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Extra test time also = bullshit. Not everyone gets to be an astronaut.

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Originally Posted by AnticorRifling

You mean except where they are right?

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No. Allowing a laptop into a classroom is not coddling. There is a big difference between accomodation and coddling.

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Originally Posted by AnticorRifling

Just live everyone else except not at all like everyone else.....

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The end result is like everyone else. She goes home, reads and rereads (accurate) notes from a lecture until she knows them well enough to apply them to tests of essays. The only difference is in how she records them.

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Originally Posted by AnticorRifling

So her only 2 options are get an advantage or be a leech off of the government. That is good to know.

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I'm asking what exactly you are suggesting. Those are two options. A third option, one I mentioned as well, is go without the advantage, and risk failing out of a program due to difficulty in note-taking. A fourth is that everyone can have the laptops. However, option 4 is not available to her right now, so her options are fail at life, attempt the course willingly forgoing advantages, or take the advantages she has fought to earn.

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Originally Posted by Tisket

I would have outed you too. Sorry but your temporary embarrassment would be much more acceptable than a roomful of students resentful over the perceived preferential treatment one student receives.

I have not read further than your post so if someone already pointed that out...huzzah.

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Thats fine, as long as you are willing to risk your job. Confidentiality is no joking matter, it has a slew of legal and ethical penalties for violation, including probation, suspension, being fired, and in some rare cases (not this one) jail time. And its there for a reason.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I'm just curious what would have been acceptable for him to say? I'm not being a smart ass here, I'm genuinely curious. He can't just say "No one can bring laptops to class, except Victoria" and leave it at that, can you imagine the rumors that would start flying? Or if he just said no laptops period then everyone sees you break out a laptop and figure it's okay so they too get their laptop out?

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I won't lie and say its not a sticky situation, but one answer is that he doesn't bring it up at all. If someone has the nerve to ask, then he says that there is an arrangement and that he will not go any further. I'm not saying classmates might not get to the bottom of it, but you can't control them and they have no obligation. Its his responsibility as an employee and professor to uphold his end of things. Or as someone else pointed out, cite AccessAbility and go no further. One of the most important rules of breaking confidentiality is that if you DO break it, you only reveal the bare minimum.

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Originally Posted by AnticorRifling

Extra test time also = bullshit. Not everyone gets to be an astronaut.

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There is a fucking sheet of paper I need to find that will explain why its not. I'll try and find it online.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

And have everyone play solitaire while he's trying to teach?

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That's one reason. (also: Bejeweled or Snood!)

Another is that sometimes a laptop just impedes learning. If you don't need a laptop (for example, it is not a note-taking class, or it is a class where the outline is available online, or something else) then having one is unnecessary. But people want to fuck around on the internet. My suggestion has always been to disabled wireless in classrooms, but thus far I am unsuccessful in my attempts.