Andy,
If you are accusing me of undermining students, then that was not my
intention at all - I would agree about the conscientiousness of
students. I was pointing out some very reasonable issues, which
Margarida, who also understands dyslexics well, agreed with.
John
Dr John S Conway
Disability Officer / Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair,
Research Committee
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS
01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219
http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Velarde
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: students missing lectures
My gut feeling tells me that this is part of a spin directed to
undermine-ridicule, once more, disability support.The majority of
students
who require personal support are very conscientious. Andy
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From: "Margarida Dolan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: students missing lectures
> Fully agree!
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> Quoting John Conway <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Surely if 50% of the money was being knowing wasted they would have
done
> > something about it by now??? Oops, I'm being sensible again, sorry!
> >
> > But seriously - talking about dyslexics, isn't confusion, poor time
> > management, disorientation, short term memory all part of the
disability
> > and probably the major reason for failing to show? Can we penalise
them
> > for succumbing to the very disability we are supposedly supporting?
> > Sounds a bit like expecting the blind to literally "see" their
timetable
> > and blaming them when they fail to turn up on time.
> >
> > Dr John S Conway
> > Disability Officer / Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair,
> > Research Committee
> > Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS
> > 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219
> > http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/
<http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/>
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> >
> > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Hill
> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:53 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: students missing lectures
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Ian Webb wrote:
> > ...Of course
> > there are many variations of this tale but one which was mentioned
by
> > somebody
> > who should know was that in 2003 some 41 million pounds was spent on
NMH
> >
> > with nearly 20 million being spent where students had not been
present.
> > I am sure
> > we are all in agreement that this should not be the case.
> >
> > Indeed. However, how on earth did 'somebody who should know' arrive
at
> > this figure? I'm not necessarily disputing the figure (though I
have my
> > doubts). I'm pretty certain, however, that this figure can't
possibly
> > be verified - given that some LEAs are reluctant to fund
non-attendances
> > and that, as a result, some institutions are (understandably in my
> > opinion) reluctant to specify whether every student turns up or not.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Peter Hill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > Quoting "Baker Eleanor Mrs (DOS) g231" <[log in to unmask]>
> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> :
> >
> >
> > On a slightly different note, what do institutions do if
> > dyslexic
> > students (who receive DSA) fail to turn up for tutorials with
> > support
> > tutors?
> > Do you charge them a fee?
> > Ellie Baker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Hill
> >
> > Tel: 01905 391547
> > Mobile: 07751 792711
> >
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