cHow much are you willing to get paid for an “A”? Most people believe that changing the financial aid policy to where a student must maintain a certain grade average to receive and award would help but in reality, it would not. financial aid packages are calculated tailoring to the tuition costs of your educational institution, and either your or your parent’s salary within the previous year. However, there is the question of financial aid being based off student’s educational performance, and whether it would be ethical or not. financial aid should not be based off the student’s grades due to: disabilities playing a role in performance, the student may genuinely be a bad test taker, and we don’t know what was going on in the student’s personal life in the previous semester. …show more content…
There is Dyslexia, which is a learning disability which misplaces and mismatches letters in the brain. According to the Dyslexia Center of Utah, one in five students, 15-20%, have a language-based disability, and Dyslexia is the most common one. 70-80% of people with poor reading skills are likely to suffer from it. Dyscalculia, which is very similar to Dyslexia but with numbers being misplaced instead of letters, affects 3-6% of students according to AboutDyscalculia.org. There is also Dysgraphia, which is the inability to write coherently, affecting some estimated 5-20% of students according to SpecialNeedsProjecteec424. Another common disability that can greatly affect a student’s performance in school is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly known as “ADHD”. Students suffering from ADHD will have a hard time staying focused in class and will get bored and distracted easily. The student may at times be forgetful and absent minded, as well as having a short attention span. 6.4 million children aged 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD according to