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Ms. Toad

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3. Extra time on exams doesn't translate directly into extra time to do the work.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:42 AM

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Exams are artificial settings to treat knowledge that are never encountered in real life. So needing double time in a setting in which you have to complete the task in as single sitting, without notes or reference tools, at a time not if your choosing, with 100 of your closest friends, in a one-time make it break exam is different from working in a law office with a full complement of legal resources, when you can get up and walk around, or shift your focus to a different task, talk to associates, work when your mind works best, etc.

At least tangentially related, I know a lot of really excellent lawyers who aren't licensed to practice law because the only way to obtain a license in most states is to pass a bar exam - a 2-day nightmare of an exam, which many holding a JD have to take more than once, and some never pass.

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Accommodation Nation- America's colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem. [View all] MichMan Tuesday OP

I once read about a law student who needed want three times as long... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #1

Extra time on exams doesn't translate directly into extra time to do the work. Ms. Toad Tuesday #3

I'm sure there are people skilled enough to fly airplanes, but lack FAA certification, or skilled unlicensed dentists MichMan Tuesday #5

I have no knowledge of how well the credentialing process works for flying or dentistry Ms. Toad Tuesday #7

Why require a law degree at all? MichMan Tuesday #11

I said nothing about college exams not mattering. Ms. Toad Tuesday #14

"Exams are artificial settings to treat knowledge that are never encountered in real life." MichMan Tuesday #15

Oh noes!!! Extra time???? Those commies! Scrivener7 Tuesday #2

"As more elite students get accommodations, the system worsens the problem it was designed to solve." MichMan Tuesday #6

Kick dalton99a Tuesday #4

Why not eliminate the "advantage" and give everyone more time? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #8

I suspect, regardless of how much time was allowed, there are those that would still say they need more time. MichMan Tuesday #9

Why not try it? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #10

How much time? MichMan Tuesday #12

The last time I saw a professor try that he finally went up to the last student to finish ... eppur_se_muova 23 hrs ago #16

So many of our problems are the direct result of the republican party's meddling. Initech Tuesday #13