[blindkid] Nabs membership september conference Call: Scholastic success (for high school, college and graduate students)

[Darian Smith]

Greetings fellow federationests,
 Being that you are all parents of  blind children; some of them blind
students, I would like to  extend  in invitation to  the next nabs
conference call for those students in or near college  and high school
age.
 Please read message below and feel free to contact me if you should
have any questions!
  Best,
 Darian Smith
 Nabs membership committee co- chair


On 9/4/10, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Fellow Students,
>
> Are you in the throws of scholastic rigger? Currently   pondering on
> questions about classes you are taking and how to navigate them
> successfully?
>
>                  Perhaps you are a high school student going through
> the frustrations of “lowered expectations”, such as dealing with P.E.
> teachers
> that won't let you take part in sports, an English/ math teacher that is
> not pushing you towards the best of your ability, or any other number
> of frustrations, while you are working towards your application and
> attendance in
> College/University.Maybe, you are already enrolled in higher education
> and are trying to figure out how accommodations are dealt with
> differently from
> what you are used to. Potentially this includes issues with navigating
> campus, as well as the “red tape” of higher education. Or, on an off
> chance, you
> fall into a third group, where you are trying to pursue the seemingly
> over looked area of how graduate education and expectations- dealing
> with the GRE’s
> and other substantive information, is different than navigating
> through campus as an Undergraduate…
>
> If any of the above situations resonate with you, or if you are just a
> student trying to learn how to be better prepared… This call is for
> YOU!
>
> Call topic- How to navigate and succeed in higher education
>  Why?- will give students in the appropriate educational  stage a
> chance to talk with someone who  is either going through what you are
> going through, or someone who will have just gone through what you are
> going through and  will speak to the ability to be successful in
> school as a blind person.
>
> Where?- (712) 775-7100 and entering pass code257963.
> When?- Sunday, September 12,
>
> 6p.m.  EST.
>
> This call will be divided intothree mini-topics with three different
> guest speakers; High
> school, college/ university and  Graduate School. A question and
> answer session will follow. The times allotted to each specific
> “mini-topic” will be adjusted
> as “popularity and need” dictate. part of the call.
>
> As always, we  appreciate and look forward to your questions, ideas
> and participation. Let us work together towards successfully changing
> what it means to be on terms of equality with other fellow students!
>
> Best Wishes,
>
>
>
> --
> Darian Smith
> Skype: The_Blind_Truth
> Windows Live: Lightningrod2010 at live.com
> Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/goldengateace
>
>
> “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are
> spiritual beings having a human experience.” - Teilhard de Chardin
>


-- 
Darian Smith
Skype: The_Blind_Truth
Windows Live: Lightningrod2010 at live.com
Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/goldengateace


“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are
spiritual beings having a human experience.” - Teilhard de Chardin