Drug tests for scholars?
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Many competitive athletes have to undergo drug tests. Is drug testing for scholars in our future, too? According to the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences, certain drugs have been used by healthy people to boost alertness and mental awareness. Aricept (an Alzheimer's treatment), Ritalin (for ADHD), and modafinil (for day-time sleepiness) have been used by some people to get an edge up on tests and exams. Like steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs used by some athletes, this gives the student an unfair advantage. Also like steroids, using drugs in ways other than they are prescribed for can be seriously detrimental to health.
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vbarclaywells 5-22-2008 @ 7:54PM
Huh? Are these people saying that scholastic endeavors are an athletic competition and that a correct answer on a written test is incorrect if given by a student who is "medicated"? Will the student forget what was learned once he/she is off of the offending substance?
What is the exact definition of "unfair advantage" and HOW is it unfair??? WHY is it unfair??? How or what is the advantage in the first place? While it's true the substances might have some sort of physical affect the line of reasoning concerning classroom test taking doesn't make sense? Or are some poorly performing students going to be "poor babied" because they didn't get as good a grade as someone else who has learned things more completely or in keeping with the testing process.
It's the studying and learning that produces the correct answers, not the drugs themselves. Sounds like sour grapes time in the making.
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