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(04-09-2012 10:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Disability Services has a number of possible accommodations that they can offer those who need them. They sit down with the student, assess their needs, and figure out what's appropriate to the situation. Basically, nobody gets everything they can offer, and very often what is offered is tried and then declined because it wasn't that effective.

We went through this process with my son. Things that sound helpful are more trouble than they're worth sometimes, or just are not all that valuable or practical.


Coming back to the Wunderlich... it very well may be that the kid just didn't try all that hard. He's going to make his millions on how his play is on the field combined with his measurables. He's not a QB, with the responsibilities that entails. Ball smart isn't the same as book smart, as we've seen many times.

Work ethic is important in any sport though. We've also seen many guys flame out because of their work ethic.

(04-10-2012 08:40 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-09-2012 10:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Disability Services has a number of possible accommodations that they can offer those who need them. They sit down with the student, assess their needs, and figure out what's appropriate to the situation. Basically, nobody gets everything they can offer, and very often what is offered is tried and then declined because it wasn't that effective.

We went through this process with my son. Things that sound helpful are more trouble than they're worth sometimes, or just are not all that valuable or practical.


Coming back to the Wunderlich... it very well may be that the kid just didn't try all that hard. He's going to make his millions on how his play is on the field combined with his measurables. He's not a QB, with the responsibilities that entails. Ball smart isn't the same as book smart, as we've seen many times.

Work ethic is important in any sport though. We've also seen many guys flame out because of their work ethic.

Agreed. But work ethic is situational. If it's something he loves, he may be the hardest worker around. If it's something he hates, he may be the laziest bastard alive. That's not necessarily a good characteristic to have in life, but it will probably serve him just fine for the 5 to 7 years he might get to play in the NFL.

(04-10-2012 01:41 PM)freeblazer Wrote:  

(04-10-2012 08:40 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-09-2012 10:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Disability Services has a number of possible accommodations that they can offer those who need them. They sit down with the student, assess their needs, and figure out what's appropriate to the situation. Basically, nobody gets everything they can offer, and very often what is offered is tried and then declined because it wasn't that effective.

We went through this process with my son. Things that sound helpful are more trouble than they're worth sometimes, or just are not all that valuable or practical.


Coming back to the Wunderlich... it very well may be that the kid just didn't try all that hard. He's going to make his millions on how his play is on the field combined with his measurables. He's not a QB, with the responsibilities that entails. Ball smart isn't the same as book smart, as we've seen many times.

Work ethic is important in any sport though. We've also seen many guys flame out because of their work ethic.

Agreed. But work ethic is situational. If it's something he loves, he may be the hardest worker around. If it's something he hates, he may be the laziest bastard alive. That's not necessarily a good characteristic to have in life, but it will probably serve him just fine for the 5 to 7 years he might get to play in the NFL.

I believe being work ethic-challenged is a disability that can be overcome by increasing government funding to inspire those who don't want to work hard.

(04-10-2012 02:03 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-10-2012 01:41 PM)freeblazer Wrote:  

(04-10-2012 08:40 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-09-2012 10:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Disability Services has a number of possible accommodations that they can offer those who need them. They sit down with the student, assess their needs, and figure out what's appropriate to the situation. Basically, nobody gets everything they can offer, and very often what is offered is tried and then declined because it wasn't that effective.

We went through this process with my son. Things that sound helpful are more trouble than they're worth sometimes, or just are not all that valuable or practical.


Coming back to the Wunderlich... it very well may be that the kid just didn't try all that hard. He's going to make his millions on how his play is on the field combined with his measurables. He's not a QB, with the responsibilities that entails. Ball smart isn't the same as book smart, as we've seen many times.

Work ethic is important in any sport though. We've also seen many guys flame out because of their work ethic.

Agreed. But work ethic is situational. If it's something he loves, he may be the hardest worker around. If it's something he hates, he may be the laziest bastard alive. That's not necessarily a good characteristic to have in life, but it will probably serve him just fine for the 5 to 7 years he might get to play in the NFL.

I believe being work ethic-challenged is a disability that can be overcome by increasing government funding to inspire those who don't want to work hard.

I'd bet just about anything that program already exists with a really strained acronym like "WORK." Why nOt tRy Karing?

(04-03-2012 01:32 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:26 PM)Tree Missile Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:22 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:02 PM)Tree Missile Wrote:  Claiborne has a learning disability and made extensive use of disability services at LSU to help him pass his classes. Please do your research before insulting a kid who's busted his ass to overcome a disability.

He has a learning disability that basically makes him illiterate? And he is in college? How? Why? Who is that fair to?

I have a growing disability, should I require UAB place a trampoline on the basketball court so I can be the same height as those guys out there and have a chance to play?

Everybody has breaks in life. Some seem luckier than others. It's life. If you can't score higher than a 4 on that test, you don't belong in college, period. I'm sorry he has a learning disability. None of us can play football the way he can.

He has a form of dyslexia, which inhibits his ability to comprehend what he's read as quickly and easily as most. He's not stupid, he just can't burn through 50 questions in 12 minutes. You'll notice the average across the whole NFL is in the low twenties. There's a reason for that: it's a difficult test even for very intelligent people.

Are you saying he shouldn't be allowed a chance to go to college because he suffers from a disability? Because it's attitudes like yours that are the reason we need the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and I find your reasoning on the matter to be shameful, at best.

I am 5'7". Are you telling me I shouldn't be able to be an NBA center because I was born short? We are all born with limitations and strengths.
If he can't read, and likely can't write, what is he getting a degree in that's worth a crap? He should go to a JC or tech college where he can actually get something he can use in the future. College isn't for everybody, just like millions of other things in life.

You aren't 5'7. I would say you are probably closer to 5'4. You talk like you just breezed through college. I'm sure you didn't have any trouble passing classes in college.

(04-11-2012 05:06 PM)Mogadishu@miss_blazer Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:32 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:26 PM)Tree Missile Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:22 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(04-03-2012 01:02 PM)Tree Missile Wrote:  Claiborne has a learning disability and made extensive use of disability services at LSU to help him pass his classes. Please do your research before insulting a kid who's busted his ass to overcome a disability.

He has a learning disability that basically makes him illiterate? And he is in college? How? Why? Who is that fair to?

I have a growing disability, should I require UAB place a trampoline on the basketball court so I can be the same height as those guys out there and have a chance to play?

Everybody has breaks in life. Some seem luckier than others. It's life. If you can't score higher than a 4 on that test, you don't belong in college, period. I'm sorry he has a learning disability. None of us can play football the way he can.

He has a form of dyslexia, which inhibits his ability to comprehend what he's read as quickly and easily as most. He's not stupid, he just can't burn through 50 questions in 12 minutes. You'll notice the average across the whole NFL is in the low twenties. There's a reason for that: it's a difficult test even for very intelligent people.

Are you saying he shouldn't be allowed a chance to go to college because he suffers from a disability? Because it's attitudes like yours that are the reason we need the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and I find your reasoning on the matter to be shameful, at best.

I am 5'7". Are you telling me I shouldn't be able to be an NBA center because I was born short? We are all born with limitations and strengths.
If he can't read, and likely can't write, what is he getting a degree in that's worth a crap? He should go to a JC or tech college where he can actually get something he can use in the future. College isn't for everybody, just like millions of other things in life.

You aren't 5'7. I would say you are probably closer to 5'4. You talk like you just breezed through college. I'm sure you didn't have any trouble passing classes in college.

Whoah. Who are you and what got your knickers in a knot?