. . . which have never had anything at all to do with genuine academic achievement, and have always been largely off limits to all except a certain socio-economic class of student. The field gets limited by the school's criteria to a group of girls the school administration finds acceptable, and beyond that it's nothing but a popularity contest.

with 3.5 GPAs. We always had one at home, but yeah, most of the kids with learning disabilities will never have a high enough GPA to qualify for these kinds of things. I had to get pretty insistent with my son's PE coach that he was allowed to participate in the wrestling matches even though his grades weren't high enough. Luckily the VP backed me up on it. The coach was cool after that. Actually the whole team was really great with him. They were nice to him and encouraged him.

But I was one of those lazy honor students who never put much effort into anything. I guess I don't know what it's like to have a learning disability.

If it truly is so difficult to maintain a 2.5 when you have a learning disability, reasonable accommodations should be made.

learning disability and as we all know flexibility and individuality is not a strong point among our school systems. I was watching this great video about Eastern Michigan helping autistic students be successful at college. They have someone shadow the student and help them with their work. They also allow this one student to doodle during class. It helps him focus and process infomation. Here's the article.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/new-college-options-kids-learning-disabilities-article-1.1457371