Max Verstappen confidently held onto the lead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as championship leader Lando Norris was relegated to third following an extraordinary overtake by his teammate Oscar Piastri.
Oscar Piastri looked in fighting form during the opening lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the Australian making a bold overtake on team mate Lando Norris to move up into P2.
Joshua Duerksen claimed victory in the Yas Marina Feature Race for AIX Racing for the second season running.
Today America's college professors "struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation," reports the Atlantic, "which may entitle them to extra time, a distraction-free environment, or the use of otherwise-prohibited technology."
Their staff writer argues these accommodations "have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage."
[Over the past decade and a half] the share of students at selective universities who qualify for accommodations — often, extra time on tests — has grown at a breathtaking pace. At the University of Chicago, the number has more than tripled over the past eight years; at UC Berkeley, it has nearly quintupled over the past 15 years. The increase is driven by more young people getting diagnosed with conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and by universities making the process of getting accommodations easier. The change has occurred disproportionately at the most prestigious and expensive institutions. At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent. Not all of those students receive accommodations, but researchers told me that most do. The schools that enroll the most academically successful students, in other words, also have the largest share of students with a disability that could prevent them from succeeding academically. "You hear 'students with disabilities' and it's not kids in wheelchairs," one professor at a selective university, who requested anonymity because he doesn't have tenure, told me. "It's just not. It's rich kids getting extra time on tests...."
Recently, mental-health issues have joined ADHD as a primary driver of the accommodations boom. Over the past decade, the number of young people diagnosed with depression or anxiety has exploded. L. Scott Lissner, the ADA coordinator at Ohio State University, told me that 36 percent of the students registered with OSU's disability office have accommodations for mental-health issues, making them the largest group of students his office serves. Many receive testing accommodations, extensions on take-home assignments, or permission to miss class. Students at Carnegie Mellon University whose severe anxiety makes concentration difficult might get extra time on tests or permission to record class sessions, Catherine Samuel, the school's director of disability resources, told me. Students with social-anxiety disorder can get a note so the professor doesn't call on them without warning... Some students get approved for housing accommodations, including single rooms and emotional-support animals. Other accommodations risk putting the needs of one student over the experience of their peers. One administrator told me that a student at a public college in California had permission to bring their mother to class. This became a problem, because the mom turned out to be an enthusiastic class participant. Professors told me that the most common — and most contentious — accommodation is the granting of extra time on exams...
Several of the college students I spoke with for this story said they knew someone who had obtained a dubious diagnosis... The surge itself is undeniable. Soon, some schools may have more students receiving accommodations than not, a scenario that would have seemed absurd just a decade ago. Already, at one law school, 45 percent of students receive academic accommodations. Paul Graham Fisher, a Stanford professor who served as co-chair of the university's disability task force, told me, "I have had conversations with people in the Stanford administration. They've talked about at what point can we say no? What if it hits 50 or 60 percent? At what point do you just say 'We can't do this'?" This year, 38 percent of Stanford undergraduates are registered as having a disability; in the fall quarter, 24 percent of undergraduates were receiving academic or housing accommodations.
Their staff writer argues these accommodations "have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage."
[Over the past decade and a half] the share of students at selective universities who qualify for accommodations — often, extra time on tests — has grown at a breathtaking pace. At the University of Chicago, the number has more than tripled over the past eight years; at UC Berkeley, it has nearly quintupled over the past 15 years. The increase is driven by more young people getting diagnosed with conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and by universities making the process of getting accommodations easier. The change has occurred disproportionately at the most prestigious and expensive institutions. At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent. Not all of those students receive accommodations, but researchers told me that most do. The schools that enroll the most academically successful students, in other words, also have the largest share of students with a disability that could prevent them from succeeding academically. "You hear 'students with disabilities' and it's not kids in wheelchairs," one professor at a selective university, who requested anonymity because he doesn't have tenure, told me. "It's just not. It's rich kids getting extra time on tests...."
Recently, mental-health issues have joined ADHD as a primary driver of the accommodations boom. Over the past decade, the number of young people diagnosed with depression or anxiety has exploded. L. Scott Lissner, the ADA coordinator at Ohio State University, told me that 36 percent of the students registered with OSU's disability office have accommodations for mental-health issues, making them the largest group of students his office serves. Many receive testing accommodations, extensions on take-home assignments, or permission to miss class. Students at Carnegie Mellon University whose severe anxiety makes concentration difficult might get extra time on tests or permission to record class sessions, Catherine Samuel, the school's director of disability resources, told me. Students with social-anxiety disorder can get a note so the professor doesn't call on them without warning... Some students get approved for housing accommodations, including single rooms and emotional-support animals. Other accommodations risk putting the needs of one student over the experience of their peers. One administrator told me that a student at a public college in California had permission to bring their mother to class. This became a problem, because the mom turned out to be an enthusiastic class participant. Professors told me that the most common — and most contentious — accommodation is the granting of extra time on exams...
Several of the college students I spoke with for this story said they knew someone who had obtained a dubious diagnosis... The surge itself is undeniable. Soon, some schools may have more students receiving accommodations than not, a scenario that would have seemed absurd just a decade ago. Already, at one law school, 45 percent of students receive academic accommodations. Paul Graham Fisher, a Stanford professor who served as co-chair of the university's disability task force, told me, "I have had conversations with people in the Stanford administration. They've talked about at what point can we say no? What if it hits 50 or 60 percent? At what point do you just say 'We can't do this'?" This year, 38 percent of Stanford undergraduates are registered as having a disability; in the fall quarter, 24 percent of undergraduates were receiving academic or housing accommodations.
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Sparta speelt zondagmiddag een belangrijke wedstrijd tegen NAC Breda op Het Kasteel. De Rotterdammers wonnen voor het laatst eind oktober in de eredivisie en moeten door de zwakke novembermaand weer een beetje naar beneden kijken op de ranglijst. Alle reden dus voor Sparta om vanmiddag voor de winst te gaan op Het Kasteel. Rijnmond is erbij!
HEERENVEEN (ANP) - Schaatsster Femke Kok heeft bij de wereldbekerwedstrijden in Heerenveen ook de vijfde 500 meter van het seizoen gewonnen. De 25-jarige Friezin was met 37,00 sneller dan landgenotes Jutta Leerdam (tweede) en Marrit Fledderus (derde). Leerdam eindigde in 37,36 en Fledderus kwam tot 37,53.
Kok won eerder de vier wedstrijden over 500 meter in Salt Lake City en Calgary. In Salt Lake City verbeterde ze het wereldrecord tot 36,09.
Angel Daleman kwam in haar rit tegen de Canadese BĂ©atrice Lamarche tot 37,68. De 18-jarige schaatsster werd daarmee zesde. Anna Boersma eindigde met 37,93 als tiende.
Vertrouwen is in de psychologie geen vaag gevoel, maar een heel precies beschreven mentale toestand: de bereidheid om kwetsbaar te zijn op basis van de verwachting dat de ander jouw belangen niet schaadt. Zonder dat element van risico – de mogelijkheid dat het ook mis kan gaan – is er strikt genomen geen sprake van vertrouwen, maar hooguit van controle of zekerheid.
Kwetsbaarheid als kern
Psychologen beschrijven vertrouwen vaak als het “accepteren van kwetsbaarheid” tegenover de ander. Dat betekent dat je bewust iets opgeeft – informatie, autonomie, veiligheid – in de veronderstelling dat de ander daar zorgvuldig mee omgaat, ook al kun je die ander niet volledig controleren.
Die kwetsbaarheid is geen zwakte, maar een voorwaarde voor diepe relaties en samenwerking. Wie nooit risico wil lopen, kan zich wel beschermen, maar bouwt zelden duurzame, hechte banden op.
Verwachting en risico in balans
Recent onderzoek naar “interpersoonlijk vertrouwen” laat zien dat twee dingen voortdurend tegen elkaar worden afgewogen: de verwachte voordelen en de ingeschatte risico’s. Wetenschappers spreken van een evenwicht tussen “trust expectation” (de verwachting dat het goed gaat) en “trust risk” (de kans en de schade als het misgaat).
Volgens een zogeheten piramidemodel van vertrouwen begint alles bij een relatief stabiele vertrouwensneiging (trust trait), waarboven die dagelijkse afweging tussen verwachting en risico plaatsvindt en uiteindelijk uitmondt in concreet gedrag: wel of niet iemand vertrouwen. Mensen die van nature hoog scoren op zo’n vertrouwensneiging, stappen makkelijker over risico’s heen; mensen met een laag basistrust blijven eerder op hun hoede.
Waarom we het tĂłch doen
Dat we ons toch kwetsbaar durven maken, komt doordat de mogelijke opbrengst van vertrouwen enorm is: sociale steun, samenwerking, gedeelde kennis, liefde. In de literatuur wordt vertrouwen daarom beschreven als een “sociaal smeermiddel” dat complexiteit en angst vermindert, omdat je niet elke interactie hoeft dicht te timmeren met controles en contracten.
Tegelijkertijd is vertrouwen nooit een eenmalige keuze, maar een dynamisch proces dat wordt opgebouwd, getest, bevestigd of beschaamd in concrete ervaringen. Juist omdat er altijd iets op het spel staat, voelt het zo spannend – en is het psychologisch gezien zo cruciaal dat we het af en toe tóch wagen.
Vertrouwen kun je leren
Wat helpt om vertrouwen te leren
- Klein beginnen: eerst in veilige situaties kleine risico’s nemen – een beetje delen, een kleine afspraak maken – en zien dat het goed gaat. ​ ​
- Duidelijk communiceren wat je nodig hebt en waar je bang voor bent, zodat relaties voorspelbaarder worden en minder “gevaarlijk” voelen.​
- Werken aan zelfvertrouwen en zelfvertrouwen in therapie (bijvoorbeeld cognitieve gedragstherapie), zodat niet elk oud pijnpunt meteen als bewijs voelt dat niemand te vertrouwen is.​
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Militairen riepen op televisie het einde uit van het presidentschap van Patrice Talon, maar de regering sprak al snel van een in de kiem gesmoorde muiterij. De episode werpt vooral een scherpe blik op de institutionele spanningen die al maanden in Benin spelen.
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