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Persuasive Essay Final Draft
Persuasive Essay Final Draft
Eduardo Mandujano
Professor Batty
English 101
Continuing your education is one of the hardest and stressful things to do in life. Many
people are able to do it with little to no difficulty, but not everybody is the same. In a classroom,
some students often fail to pay attention, make careless mistakes, and fidget to the point where
it’s distracting themselves or the people around them. It isn’t entirely their fault, as they could be
suffering from ADD/ADHD. Within the recent years, more children within the range of ages 4-
17 has increased to have been diagnosed with ADHD to up to 5% each year. With high
percentages of ADHD rising, studies show up to 25% of college students showing signs of
possible ADHD like symptoms. ADD/ADHD is one of the most commonly known learning
disabilities that can affect people even when they don’t know they have it. With more students
showing ADD/ADHD symptoms, it’s bound to affect their work in school as they wouldn’t
know if they need the help that they require, and even when students are aware of knowing they
have ADD/ADHD, it still puts them at a disadvantage for learning. As many schools have a
Students with Disabilities Services, but it’s not well known as other services the schools offer. If
schools that offer programs that help Students with disabilities, should also have the instructors
and professors be involved in the support services so they can better teach the students with the
added resources from the program and not having to rely on tutoring session for them to
understand the material. This will benefit them to do better in school and better their education.
This also helps more students who have disabilities to have an equal chance of an education as
Something that I really like about class is the fact that teacher reminds students to attend
tutoring that is offered to the students. But not everyone can really benefit from it as most
students have special needs that can not be met in a tutor session that is open to everyone. If
someone who has ADHD does not use their time wisely and don’t get their work done. Schools
that offer services to students to this specific disability are able to not only understand the
students with their disability, but also offer academic accommodations to them to help them
succeed. In the article, " Helping the ADHD Child at School", the author, Katie Hurley, writes
about the effects of ADHD that students go through. Hurley also writes about accommodations
that helps the students do better in school. Hurley first states, "The best way to determine your
child’s needs in the classroom is to seek input from the teacher and any other support staff. No
two students are the same, even if they have the same diagnosis. What works for one child won’t
necessarily work for another." (Hurley). The start of helping a student with their education due to
their disabilities is to see how they differ from other students. She also goes on to list many
academic accommodations that are specific to ADD/ADHD students such as preferential seating,
When someone who has ADHD/ADD is in class and the instructor and or professor
notices them being inactive in the class activity or showing disinterest, they don’t know that the
Professors”, the author, Nancy Darling, writes about the benefits that students with disabilities
can get access to, but something that caught by eye was the communication with the students
professors. She states, “Talking to the professor and handing them a summary of your issues is
very helpful... If you're meeting in person, this gives you the opportunity to discuss behavior that
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professors might see as 'slacking' or 'lack of interest' as just problems related to illness...Going to
the professor right at the beginning of the semester demonstrates that you are being pro-active
and are working to succeed despite your handicap and are taking responsibility”(Darling).
Communication between students and professors about the students handicap allows for the
professors to get the full picture of the student’s disability. This could allow for the professors to
start the academic accommodation in class. Showing equal opportunities to the students who
need it.
As I previously stated, professors remind students about the tutoring that they can attend
at their own time, which helps directs students to one of the many services that the school offers.
The most frequent services that I hear the most about is the Writing Center and Counseling. As
I’ve heard of the other programs that the school offers, but the one I hear the least is the SSD,
Services for Students with Disabilities. A factor that can be a reason to why it’s not as spoken of
as the Writing Center as it doesn’t pertain to everyone in every classroom. The SSD program
serves as on of the more important programs that schools have to offer. And if instructors and
professors themselves were more involved with the program as tutors for their students, it will be
easier to help them as they can know where they are struggling at and where to improve.
the SSD program will not only help students improve on the work, but it will shed light on the
SSD program itself. As having the instructors and professors being involved in the program will
allow it to be talked more about in class, just how other services like the Writing Center is. It
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would help more students discover the service and they are able to see if they are eligible to take
part in the academic accommodations if they have a disability that needs support in to have a
Work Cited
Hurley, Katie. “Helping the ADHD Child at School.” PsyCom.net - Mental Health
Treatment Resource Since 1986, 25 Nov. 2018, www.psycom.net/adhd-children-school.