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anyone ever try writing anything more than a paragraph by hand recently? it's really hard. my muscles forgot how to do it.

I agree with incentivizing speed and accuracy.

There really needs to be a limit to the level of education at which time accommodations are made. Testing up to and through college generally tests recall, there usually isn't much critical thinking involved. I don't think giving it to those that need extra time hurts anyone. Once we reach graduate level education, I think the accommodations need to stop. Would you want a doctor who passed his board examinations with an unlimited time limit or one that passed within the (very tight) time limit, all other things being equal?

If you were rewarded by speed, I would have been the albert Einstein of history class. I remember in 9th grade history, I did my 9th grade SOL (VA Standardized test) and I finished the 50 question test in like 20 minutes well ahead of the class and still got a perfect score. In 11th grade history, I took a history SOL and finished in like 15 minutes also well ahead of the class and was the only one to finish with a perfect score despite being below average in that class by grades.

I'm probably in the 99th percentile as far as multiple choice test speed. Im always either the fastest or 2nd fastest to finish them even no matter how easy or hard the class is. The only exception is that I'm real slow on math and I'm always one of the last to finish math.

Matt how did you go from law school to teaching?

It was that C that did it.

Checks are a special challenge for me, especially the verbal amount. I inevitably run out of space and my writing becomes so small it's illegible.

If I have to write a hand-written note I do it in Word first and then transcribe.

This board is F'ing Trolling me hard!

I'd want the one who knew more. How often does a doctor's ability to read passages quickly affect their doctoring skills?

My GF has a learning disability, and like other examples on here, barely got through High School before getting diagnosed. After getting a fractional GPA in high school, she graduated with honors from MD in 3 years, got a masters from Georgetown, and now top of her class at a prestigious med school. She doesn't take extra time for exams because it doesn't restrict you too much(100-130 questions in 4 hours), but come boards, why shouldnt you get unlimited time? She is already at a disadvantage not being able to read the books or go to class. If the point of the exam is to test how quickly you can compute things, I understand. But reading quickly has no bearing on the success of future doctors. Its not like they get special rotations where they treat patients with no time limit.

Nobody gives a shit about old people. And it's not like they are going to read this - that requires figuring out the internet.

So I'm putting 33% odds that you are the actual origin of Brid Killa. It all makes sense now.