Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future
a month ago
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- 38% of Stanford undergraduates claim disability status, compared to 3-4% at community colleges.
- Students exploit disability accommodations for benefits like single rooms, extra test time, and excused absences.
- Religious dietary claims, such as being Jain, are used to avoid mandatory meal plans.
- The system incentivizes gaming, with students openly discussing and strategizing how to exploit it.
- This behavior reflects a broader trend of institutional decay and loss of faith in fair systems.
- Elite institutions like Stanford are criticized for enabling and normalizing such behavior.
- The article warns of 'third-worldification' of American institutions, where gaming the system becomes the norm.