[blindlaw] New guy

[Robert Munro]

Tim,

Check and see whether there is a process for appealing your counselor's
decision about funding Law School.  I had to go through some thing similar
here in North Carolina.  Good luck.

Onward!

Rob
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of tim and vickie shaw
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:26 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] New guy


Hello everyone, My name is Tim. I am new to the group.  I am wanting to
start law school in the fall. Just keep running into obstacles at the moment
*sighs* hard not to get discouraged. Hoping maybe can get a few good words
and some guidance here. This is something I have always wanted to do I guess
really in the back of my mind, but something I really didnt see myself ever
actually doing. I want to do this so I can handle ADA cases and works as an
advocate for children that may have to go through all that I did.   
 
I graduated from college in 2005 with a degree in Business Management.  Not
having any work experience I have had a very tough time finding a job. I
worked for awhile for couple of companies that specialize in providing
employment and training to disabiled individuals and "help" them. The
frustrating experience working with these people only served to strengthen
my resolve that I wanted to work to be able to "fix" things like this. 
 
I was desperate to get out of the situation I was in and decided to take on
teaching. I have gotten my certification in Special Education and Business
education but once again have been pumping my head for a year trying to get
work to no avail. I had planned on working as a teacher whnile i went to law
school. Due to my inability to find work in and out of teaching I have
decided to just try and move forward to going to law school.
 
I live in Texas and here it is law that blind individuals recieve a tuition
and fee waiver as well as the government agency that works with the blind
provides textbook vouchers and assistance.  I called my counselor at the
Division for Blind Services to ask her about going back to school because
she is the one that will have to help me to get my tuition waiver adn all of
this, but she wouldnt even talk to me about it. She said that she doesnt
think its reasonable for me to go back to school because how do they not
know that they will give me the money to and then when I get out still wont
be able to find work. 
 
So once again, I have hit my head against a wall when trying to deal with
the very people that are supposed to be there to help. I am just getting
extremely frustrated and mean time my marriage is going to hell because of
my lack of being able to find word and seeming to jsut be sitting in a rut.
I am lost for what to do.
 
OK enough rambling, sorry for bothering yall with all of this jsut needed to
get it off my chest and see if anyone had any good words for me.
 
 
Tim Shaw
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