[Ag-eq] Do I fight or just find some other way

Sun Jul 4 06:14:02 UTC 2010

Hi, Nella!  You will have to direct this to Fred Chambers who occasionally adds comments to this group.  I know that he is not in Dallas this year but maybe he has someone set up to direct a meeting or tour groups?  Bout all I can tell you on this as last I knew, Fred was president of the Ag and Equine group.  Peg

> From: nfoster at extremezone.com
> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:09:01 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Do I fight or just find some other way
> 
> Peg:
> 
> I currently don't belong to either the ACB or NFB, but agree that it is 
> important. I always suggest to my clients that they join an advocacy group.
> 
> I think it is important to be able to talk with other blind people. There 
> are some things that only my blind friends can completely understand. 
> They've had many of the same experiences and can give me ideas. I have 
> wonderful sighted friends and a great boyfriend, but they can't identify 
> with some of the discrimination issues I've faced. They are sympathetic and 
> often even angry, but they don't completely understand.
> 
> I think once I'm no longer working in the blindness field I will be more 
> involved with NFB, but I didn't want my whole life to be about blindness, so 
> haven't participated for the last few years.
> 
> Does anyone know if the agriculture division will have a meeting at the 
> national convention?
> 
> If so will there be a recording of it?
> 
> Nella
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peg Brandt" <hazer100 at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Equine" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Do I fight or just find some other way
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi, Barb! This group is a branch of the National Federation of the 
> > Blind's Agriculture and Equine division. It is open to anyone and there 
> > are people who regularly contribute to this list who belong to both the 
> > National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind. 
> > And those who belong to neither group! It is open to everyone and anyone 
> > interested in agriculture and the equine world! N.F.B. is notorious for 
> > fighting for the rights of blind individuals in such predicaments with 
> > many successful outcomes! Contact your local state chapter of the N.F.B. 
> > and get started. N.F.B. seems to be in a neverending loop of being in 
> > litigation for the rights of ALL blind people! I'm N.F.B. and I have a 
> > veery close friend who is A.C.B. We neever talk politics when together but 
> > there is one thing that we both agree on and that is that you need to 
> > belong to one or the other as a blind person coz you never know when the 
> > time will come when you will need them to help fight for your rights down 
> > the road! This person has confided in me saying that N.F.B. does a much 
> > better job of this! Good examples of this is Newsline for the Blind, 
> > thanks to the N.F.B.; book reading device, thanks to the N.F.B in 
> > collaberation with major companies; K-N.F.B. cellphone readeer, thanks to 
> > the N.F.B. and Kurszweihll company; and had I been in Dallas for the 
> > national convention, I may have had a chance to drive, yes, I said drive 
> > the first driveable car for the blind which in a few short years will be 
> > available for blind people to be independantly able to drive a car! Once 
> > agdain, thanks to the N.F.B. and those working in creating and finalizing 
> > this car! Many don't feel belonging to a blind consumer group is for 
> > them, I beg to differ and am gled that I belong to such a wonderful 
> > organization! Peg in Iowa
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:49:47 +0000
> >> From: barbandzoe at comcast.net
> >> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: [Ag-eq] Do I fight or just find some other way
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi you guys, I am in my first quoter of the vet tech program up here and 
> >> it is kind of clear by a couple of people that they are not happy with 
> >> me and don't really want to help.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When I first looked into the vet tech program I went to the school and 
> >> talked to the head of the department and ask what things that they did 
> >> that could give me a bit of trouble. I told her I needed to know so I 
> >> could see if I can find a way to make it work for me. the only thing she 
> >> said was that if I could not do microscope work then I can not be a vet 
> >> tech and going to school would not be worth it. OK, I asked her about 
> >> the high power microscopes and if they would be OK for me to get. I made 
> >> it clear that the school would not be hold responsible for the cost. She 
> >> just said, if you can't do the microscope work then you can't be a vet 
> >> tech.
> >>
> >> We are still looking into the microscope part, that has not caused me 
> >> any trouble let.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But the two people who are the pain are the head of the department, she 
> >> also teaches classes, so I will have her as a student. the other one is 
> >> a lab teacher that I have for two class this quoter. If I ask her 
> >> something she will say things like well you should know that and sorry I 
> >> can't help you. I do notice that the students who show the most promise 
> >> are the ones that get the most attention. I have seen both of them acted 
> >> with impatience with a couple of girls that are all so not at the top of 
> >> the class. She is the kind of person gets mad at me for doing something 
> >> and then doesn't say anything to the next one that does it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If I fight it, I will have them as teachers all the time I am their, and 
> >> do I want to go thought that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I just wanted to work with and around animals and these guys are making 
> >> it so hard. I just will have to try a nother way to do it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Barb
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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